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Available with Vinyl records London. Clear Vinyl Vinyl Records Clear Vinyl Ron Sexsmith The mighty Ron Sexsmith , will release his wonderful new album Hangover Terrace on 29th August.The album will be available as a limited edition turquoise vinyl and limited edition gatefold sleeve CD.Ron is one of Canadas most accomplished singersongwriters. He has collaborated with Daniel Lanois, Mitchell Froom, Ane Brun, Tchad Blake, and Bob Rock. His songwriting appears on albums from Rod Stewart, Michael Bubl, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris and Feist.Who better to tell you about the whys and wherefores of Hangover Terrace than the man himselfOn the title Hangover TerraceOne day my band and I were travelling to the London Palladium and we passed a place called 34Hanover Terrace34 to which Don Kerr drummer in Rons band quipped 34Hangover Terrace34. Anyway, I had a sort of lightbulb moment and felt right away that was going to be the title. It speaks of this hangover I feel from the last few years of pandemic and life knocking us around.On LondonIt was the first time I039d recorded in London since 2007 and I didn039t realize how much I had missed spending quality time there. Working at Eastcote with Martin Terefe again felt really free. I039d forgotten how spontaneous his approach to recording could be. Every day I039d walk to the studio thinking about whichever song we were gonna do and I039d try to reimagine each one going a different way than I originally intended and usually by the time I arrived I was ready to try out something new.On producer Martin Terefe and the players on the recordWell, Martin039s very openminded and instinctual. He doesn039t have kneejerk reactions to things. The studio complex is filled with musicians wandering in and out of the various studios so you never know who039s gonna end up on your record. Some of the musicians had played on earlier albums of mine like Claes Bjorklund and Ed Harcourt and it was great to work with them again. But there were also a few cameo appearances such as the great Robbie McIntosh McCartney, The Pretenders etc who played on 4 tracks and even noted producer Chris Kimsey wandered in and ended up singing a bit of one tune. One of my fave moments was when my neighbour039s daughter Nora Joy Stephens from Stratford where I live flew over to sing on the final song of the album. She has a lovely voice and is a fine songwriter herself.On inspirationIt just sort of happens by nature of where I am in my life. I039m always in a different place emotionally which I think is true of most people. I walk everyday and it gives me lots of time to work out things in my head. I never worry about repeating myself. The 31 year old Ron from my debut album could not write these songs and the 61 year old Ron could not have written those songs. Life hits us at different stages and gives us new perspectives, regrets, insecurities and new dreams to contemplate and set to music.On songwritingI still write as I walk but I think it has changed in subtle ways. I think I039m much better at troubleshooting whenever I get stuck on a verse or something. Some songs still take weeks or months to write while others take only hours or days. I find I work more on piano than I used to but usually I just go to whatever instrument is closer to me. The lyrics are always the hardest part and that039ll probably never change.
