Greg Mendez * Beauty Land [New LP] 2011-05-10 the sophomore album by Kiana

the sophomore album by Kiana Lede

Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell was pregnant with her first child when she booked studio time on Vancouver Island to make an album about motherhood

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and I'm glad we recorded the Beethoven instead

Greg Mendez * Beauty Land [New LP] 2011-05-10 the sophomore album by KianaGreg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his new album and debut LP for Dead Oceans, we're guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance cynicism and faith. These songs are self effacing without self pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channeled through pop melodies,