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Rae
Spoon: Biography
Rae
Spoon was born on the Canadian prairies of the 80’s. In his
early twenties he hit the road as one of the world’s only transgender
country singers and toured Canada, Europe, Australia and the
USA. When the obvious dangers and contradictions of this role
caught up to him he hid in a small town in Eastern Germany for
a winter. There he was inspired to write an album about his
darker experiences of Canada and it’s highways.
superioryouareinferior is Rae’s fourth solo album, and his first
in over two years. It was co-produced by Lorrie Matheson in
his Calgary studio. Lyrically the album is his most revealing
to date. His voice walks the highways from the Yukon to Newfoundland
singing of whales that have gotten lost, the wolves in our imaginations,
the Great Lakes, cabin fever, dancing with grizzlies, the psychology
of a haunting ghost and the issues of ongoing colonialism.
Musically he traverses new territories from art folk, to indie-rock,
to electronic/experimental and noise. Being in Europe influenced
him to trade his banjo for a computer and his acoustic guitar
for an electric. superioryouareinferior is an album of the times
in that it doesn’t stick to one genre, but it retains Rae’s
respect for well written songs and his folk music roots that
keep him connected to his audience. |
