The Acorn get ghostly on new album

Photo courtesy Martijn vdS on Flickr.

Good news, everyone! Ottawa’s favourite band named after the nut of the common oak, The Acorn, has announced plans to release a new record this summer. No Ghost, the follow-up to 2007’s Glory Hope Mountain, is scheduled to hit the shelves of your friendly independent music retailer on June 1st. From the folks at Paper Bag Records:

Free from the emotional weightiness of Glory Hope Mountain’s highly personal material, No Ghost features the levity and spontaneity reminiscent of The Acorn’s infamous live shows, all the while showcasing Rolf Klausener’s literate and vivid lyrics. Swathed in Talk Talk-esque spaciousness and atmospheric feedback reminiscent of early Yo La Tengo or Crazy Horse, No Ghost is a fitting soundtrack to both the tranquillity (sic) of the country, and the sodium-lamp lit romance of city nights.

The end restult (sic again) is a recording swaddled in dichotomy: togetherness and isolation, acoustic and electric, destruction and restoration.

I’m sure I speak for most music fans when I say there’s nothing quite like a good dichotomy-swaddling to get the iPod a-rockin’. No word yet on a tracklist – or, for that matter, a lofty concept (Glory Hope Mountain was based on the life of Klausener’s Honduran-born mother). Tour dates and a first single should be unveiled soon.

And if No Ghost isn’t enough for you, fear not: Klausener will also be making an appearance on the forthcoming EP by fellow Ottawa musician Giant Hand. Still waiting for that recording’s release date.