Hot Wax

by Grant Hart

Overview

Years of addiction tend to obscure Grant Hart's considerable strengths as a songwriter, a situation not helped by his erratic post-Huesker Due work. After 1999's Good News for Modern Man, Hart drifted away, spending some time as a musician for hire but generally existing outside the spotlight, taking a full decade to return with Hot Wax, his third solo album and easily his richest collection of songs to date. Hart hasn't abandoned the buzzing guitars that have defined much of his music since the days of Due, but he's certainly downplayed them, preferring to ramp up a latent baroque pop obsession and spend some quiet, intimate moments with just a keyboard or two. There's variety here, and also craft, a bracing and overdue reminder that there were two excellent songwriters in Huesker Due. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2009
Label:	Mvd / Mvd Visual / Audiovisual
UPC:	0760137491125
Rank:	105628

Tracks

1. You're the Reflection of the Moon on the Water
2. Barbara
3. Charles Hollis Jones
4. School Buses Are for Children
5. Narcissus, Narcissus
6. California Zephyr
7. Sailor Jack
8. I Knew All About You Since Then
9. My Regrets

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Grant Hart   Primary Artist
Thierry Amar   Bass (Electric),Handclapping,Bass Viol
Genevieve Heistek   Viola
Mike Wisti   Bass (Electric)
Beckie Foon   Cello
Sophie Trudeau   Violin
Jessica Moss   Violin
Basia Bulat   Vocals
Efrim Manuel Menuck   Handclapping
Brian Litson   Trumpet
David Odegaard   Bass
Thiery Amar   Bass Viol,Handclapping,Bass (Electric)

Technical Credits

Mike Wisti   Engineer,Composer
Howard Bilerman   Engineer
Thierry Amar   String Arrangements
Basia Bulat   Vocal Engineer
Efrim Manuel Menuck   Mixing
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh   Composer,Engineer
Thiery Amar   String Arrangements