Better Weather

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Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 34:44

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Great Album

ScottieK

If you're new to the Heavy Blinkers, "Baby Smile," "Helicopter Blues," "Far as You Are," and "Didn't Even Have Time to Dream It" will give you a good taste of what the band does at their best. The highlight for me, however, is the stunning "I Used to Be a Design." Jason's lyrics are his best ever and it's one of his very best songs overall (other contenders are "Baby Smile" and The Night and I Are Still So Young's "Try Telling That to My Baby" and "The Night and I Are Still So Young", plus a few songs from the first two albums, unavailable on emusic).

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On Better Weather, the Heavy Blinkers are masterminds of their own stylish pop. It’s a magnificent gush of conventional sounds of the past — jubilant pianos dancing with whispy horn arrangements. Jason MacIsaac (guitar/vocals) and Andrew Watt (vocals/piano) are vocally charming on the soft parade of “Long as I’m Able.” Ruth Minnikin is also a welcomed chanteuse, bringing a sweet flair to the lovedrunk “Lazy in Love” and “I Used to Be a Design,” a jazz-like number. The Heavy Blinkers aren’t exactly out to make the perfect pop song, they just want to make it accessible in the sense that love can be dreamy and almost fairytale. Like Sarah Shannon and Ben Folds, The Heavy Blinkers ache over smashed hearts and glow in the mending process. Harmonies are breezy on Better Weather, shimmery AM pop with optimism that’s easy like Sunday morning. – MacKenzie Wilson

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