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November 9, 2007

New Jason Collett - "Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" And "Out Of Time"

Broken Social Scenester Jason Collett's third album Here's To being Here comes out in February. The Torontonian's referred to the collection as his "guitar record," due in part to the larger sound achieved by recording it with touring band Paso Mino as well as getting palette-broadening appearances by BSS/Apostle of Hustle(r) Andrew Whiteman, Liam O'Neil of the Stills and Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, John Scofield). Judging from the first two tracks we've heard, dude's not bluffing.

Jason Collett - "Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" (MP3)
Jason Collett - "Out Of Time" (MP3)

Countrified. Great how "Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" claps and struts down the block in the most unhurried way, adding bits to the story before it closes. "Out Of Time" definitely has some Time Out Of Mind intonations. That very satisfying Spoon-y falsetto hook? We can't stop singing it, and we love that he's caught a rock bug -- if you remember, even that Stars remix he did a ways back was beefed-up with some six string.

Here's To Being Here is out 2/5 on Arts & Crafts. Collett's currently on tour with Feist.

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First Sufjan, now this track. Seems like Kensington is the talk of the town today. Except for that boring K-town blog.

Posted by: yo mama at 11/09/07 11:46 AM | Reply
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First Sufjan, now this track. Seems like Kensington is the talk of the town today. Except for that boring K-town blog.

Posted by: yo mama at 11/09/07 11:49 AM | Reply
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a friend of mine interns are arts and crafts and was given the unholy task of listening to the record a few weeks ago and transcribing the lyrics.

the reason, you might ask?

mr. j collett couldnt remember them. they weren't written down. somehow, it was all just off the cuff in the recording process. interesting?

Posted by: t. at 11/09/07 1:12 PM | Reply
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Howie Beck, an amazing Toronto singer-songwriter/multi instrumentalist/producer - produced both this and the collett debut. he's the tits. Needs some gum love...

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 1:28 PM | Reply
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Howie Beck, an amazing Toronto singer-songwriter/multi instrumentalist/producer - produced both this and the collett debut. he's the tits. Needs some gum love...

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 1:42 PM | Reply
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Howie Beck, a Toronto based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer - produced both of the Collett records. He's the tits. Needs some gum love.

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 2:01 PM | Reply
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"Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" is a hot track! Thanx.

Posted by: dudeasincool at 11/09/07 2:07 PM | Reply
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Howie Beck, a Toronto based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer - produced both of the Collett records. He's the tits. Needs some gum love.

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 2:10 PM | Reply
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awesome - thanks for posting that 3 times.

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 2:12 PM | Reply
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Four, actually. And JC's got three albums out, not two. Counting's not your thing, eh?

Posted by: ZipZapZopZoup at 11/09/07 2:29 PM | Reply
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yeah, counting, posting, i suck today. Howie Beck is great though. Don't let my (or stereogum's) jenkyness detract from my original point.

Posted by: d-wall at 11/09/07 2:51 PM | Reply
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"Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington" = hot track. Thanx.

Posted by: dudeasincool at 11/09/07 3:02 PM | Reply
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