Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Smart Kid

$15

smartkid

“…one of the most irrepressible and irresistible Can-pop discs of the year. Be a smart kid and pick it up.”
– Winnipeg Sun

Carolyn Notes
ArendsRedWallOK, so the Lovers’ bassist and principal writer is my brother Chris. And I got to sing on several songs. And one cut –- “Coming Home” -– is a reworking of a tune I wrote with my mom when I was about 10. The truth is, even if I had no personal connections to the band at all, I would love them for their indefatigable energy, genre-bending arrangements, and smart and poignant lyrics. While not expressly Christian music, there is some fine theology in these grooves, and “Not Long For This World” is a modern hymn.

Advisory: lyrics contain some mild expletives.