Old News by Terra Spencer and Ben Caplan
Terra Spencer and Ben Caplan became good friends over a cup of tea, with a tender song about a VCR, played on Ben's kitchen piano. That afternoon visit was the beginning of Old News, a collection of eleven new songs from Terra's notebook shaped by Ben's imagination as a debut producer. The album was recorded with a host of Halifax's finest players at Fang Recording in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Told by Terra's butterscotch voice and featuring Ben's distinctive sandpaper baritone, these are nostalgic songs about the gentle art of saying goodbye.
Tracklist
| 1. | Brick and Mortar | 3:38 |
| 2. | Mr. M | 3:01 |
| 3. | VHS | 5:31 |
| 4. | Harry | 3:39 |
| 5. | At Your Service | 2:56 |
| 6. | Somewhere | 2:04 |
| 7. | Messy | 3:49 |
| 8. | The Circus | 3:53 |
| 9. | Saudade | 4:19 |
| 10. | Maybe | 3:04 |
| 11. | Good Friends | 2:50 |
Credits
Terra Spencer - vocals, piano, keys, guitar, accordion
Ben Caplan - vocals
Andrew Miller - drums & percussion
Ronald Hynes - bass
Jamie Robinson - Hammertone guitar, mandolin
Donald MacLennan - violin
Matt Myer - trumpet & horn arrangements
Andrew Jackson - trombone
Brad Reid - clarinet
Maisie, Reuben, & Frieden Gilbert - harmony vocals on Mr. M
Jamie Kronick - drums on Mr. M
All songs written by Terra Spencer
Produced by Ben Caplan
Engineered by Thomas Stajcer & Alex Burris at Fang Recording, Dartmouth, NS
Mixed by Daniel Ledwell at Lake Echo
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
License
All rights reserved.
Raised on the mud banks of the Avon River, award-winning Nova Scotian funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer has won over audiences in Canada, the UK, and Germany since her 2018 debut. She has already crafted a catalogue of startlingly intimate songs, marrying fingerstyle guitar, gospel piano, and her butterscotch voice with sly humour and '70s wood-paneled warmth.