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Travis Bretzer - Waxing Romantic (Vinyl)

Travis Bretzer - Waxing Romantic (Vinyl)

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View Artist: Travis Bretzer
SKU: GSQ2RT-58CB-0Z

  |  UPC: 184923116717

Waxing Romantic is the debut album from Canadian artist Travis Bretzer. Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, 24-year-old Bretzer has anappropriately singular, off-beat take on guitar pop. An adroit songwriter and true troubadour, Travis sidesteps easy pigeonholing. On his debut EP Making Love (Mexican Summer, 2013) he managed to touch on the new-pop of Orange Juice, the playful idiosyncrasies of Prefab Sprout, with a freewheeling sensibility present in much of the Stiff Records catalog. Above all, Making Love displayed some truly sophisticated songwriting that belied its occasionally haphazard bedroom production and casual delivery.
On Waxing Romantic, Travis has stepped up the production in a big way, graduating from the bedroom to a full studio environment. Recorded at Garys Electric in Brooklyn and produced by Jorge Elbrecht (of Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti and Lansing-Dreiden fame) the new environment has allowed for Travis songs to be taken to new, fully-realized heights. The album also features a solid crew of players, including members of Haunted Graffiti, James Richardson of MGMT and Regal Degals Josh da Costa, who was key in shaping drum arrangements.
The move to the studio also feels very in keeping with the sonicinspiration Travis had for the album, which came in part from memories of rifling through his parents soft-rock LPs: think Gerry Rafferty, Al Stewart, Christopher Cross, The Eagles. With their warm drums andsmooth, clean studio sound informing Travis sonic palette, it makes sense that Garys Electric became the venue for the album recording.
As the title indicates, Waxing Romantic is thematically concerned with love. For Travis, the album reads like a storybook of the first couple of years of his current relationship, with each song acting like a totem for different events and moments. For this reason, the album is very personal it navigates the giddy and elated feelings of falling in love, and the process of looking back and reflecting on it. In keeping with the albums 70s pop mode, the lyrics are kept simple and sweet, but never cloying.
Lead single Promises is built around a breezy, cascading guitar riff and oozes a casual temperament. Warm slide guitars and fuzzy power-pop riffs color the lofty melodies of Lonely Heart. Elsewhere, Idle By recalls the glistening guitar lines of Felt, and Lady Red shows Travis doing his best scrubbed up, sophisticated pop song.

  • Released: 2/24/15
  • Handling Time Note: ** Please allow an additional 72 business hours for this item's shipment. **
  • Genre: Rock
  • Format: Vinyl
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