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Waiting Here

by Tough Age

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1.
In a Garden 02:00
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2.
Give It a Day 02:25
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3.
Which Way Am I? 01:45
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4.
Time & Again 02:43
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5.
Hideaway 02:17
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6.
Narrative Text 03:16
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7.
Scattered 02:33
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8.
Paradise by Another Name 02:10
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9.
Getting Closer 06:09
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10.
Waiting Here 02:16
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about

Waiting Here is the new album from stalwart powerhouse pop band Tough Age, marking the 10th year of a Tough Era. Returning to their original home of Vancouver after spending over half of their lifespan in Toronto and reuniting with band members from throughout their cross-country existence, the reanimated trio have combined the charged energy of a fresh start with the sharpened songwriting of a veteran group. The resulting 10-song collection is the most cohesive, contemplative release in Tough Age’s decade-spanning discography.

Evolving alongside their wide-ranging influences, Waiting Here slows the frenetic pace of Tough Age’s previous LPs via mesmerizing guitarmonies (“Scattered”), Eno-channeling surf drone (“In a Garden”), and an expansive Yo La Tengo-esque riff meditation (“Getting Closer”). The 12-string jangling “Time & Again” is frontman Jarrett Evan Samson’s attempt to write a pre-folk-revival Fairport Convention song played by The Byrds, juxtaposed by twee punk ripper “Paradise by Another Name” with lead vocals from bombastic bassist Lauren Smith. Soaring pop stunner “Which Way Am I?”, cut from Tough Age’s 2020 album of the same name, gleefully spreads confusion with the twisted world-building logic of Guided By Voices or The Fall.

Waiting Here concludes with its blown-out organ jam title track, cycling back to the band’s Flying Nun loving origins in a worthy successor to The Clean’s “Tally Ho!”. The wait has been worth it.

This is a co-release between We Are Time (Canada) and Bobo Integral (rest of the world).

credits

released June 16, 2023

JES: guitar/vocals/keyboards
Lauren Smith: bass/vocals
Jesse Locke: drums/percussion
Penny Clark: bass on "waiting here"

recorded by Peter Woodford at the Bottle Garden Montreal QC August 2022
except: "waiting here" recorded at the bottle garden 2019 & The Beguiling Books & Art 2020

produced by Jarrett Evan Samson & Peter Woodford
mastered by Jay Arner

cover art by Huệ Nguyen
back cover by Tyler Crich

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Tough Age Vancouver, British Columbia

We live in Vancouver and make some form of "popular music"

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"spit soaked dreams of the masses"

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