The guys from Saskatoon are relatively unknown but absolutely one the best bands around, and their latest folk/roots record is another hauntingly beautiful and simply stunning masterpiece. The Place I Left Behind is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2009’s Winter Hours, which won the band Best Roots Group at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Ensemble of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. The Deep Dark Woods’ fourth album delivers on their tradition of thoughtful songwriting and clever arrangements, incorporating banjo, drums, guitar, mellotron, organ, pedal steel, and piano to great effect. Standouts include the title track, “Sugar Mama”, and “The Banks of the Leopold Canal.” – Written by JFelton
SIMILAR | Elliott Brood, Cuff The Duke, Old Man Luedecke, Roadside Graves, The Sumner Brothers, The Wilderness of Manitoba, The Wooden Sky