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Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

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We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Nov112010

FREDERICK SQUIRE - March 12

For anyone who has followed the career of Fred Squire over the past decade, you'll know that he's involved in a lot of other people's musical projects, but he's never been one to promote his own solo material. So it's a bit of a shock that we've even got to the point where he has an album of his to sell you. We've got Blue Fog Records (Andre Ethier, Castlemusic) to thank for putting it out, but first, a round of applause goes to Fred himself for actually sitting down and making this beautiful record.

While there are quite a few readily available albums to feature his talents, including several albums and EPs from Shotgun & Jaybird (the group he co-fronted with Shotgun Jimmie from 2003-2007), as well as Julie Doiron's latest album I Can Wonder What You'll Do With Your Day, Mt. Eerie's Lost Wisdom, and last year's Daniel, Fred & Julie record, Fred has always kept his solo output to small runs of CD-Rs—sometimes as few as 50. In fact, this album started off much the same way, as a CD-R being sold on a Daniel, Fred & Julie tour earlier this year. Now that it has a wider release more people will get to hear the tremendous talents of this Ajax, Ontario native.

It's never made clear what the significance of the date March 12 is, though to hazard a guess it could be the day the album was recorded. It's not impossible to believe the whole thing was done in a day or two, but the quick fashion in which it was made would explain a lot. After spending many years on the road playing other people's songs, perhaps Fred felt it was time to let himself be heard. He certainly pours a lot of himself into the lyrics—on "Old Times Past New Times", he sings about "decisions that I've made". The song "The Future of Tradition" was written as a response to the traditional tune "Frankie & Albert" (covered on last year's Daniel, Fred and Julie album); the words are written as a back and forth exchange between Albert, singing from his grave, and Frankie, moments before her execution. Tying it all together is Fred's understated piano, guitar, and voice. There's no studio trickery to be found here—in fact, on the back of the record's sleeve he lists every piece of equipment he used to make the album. All in all, it's a refreshingly honest album, created entirely by one person at his home. Don't skip over it; it's one of the year's best.

Reader Comments (1)

Totally agree with this review. Its a stunning album and so far is my favourite release this year.

November 12, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercraig

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