[Lowdown: Edwin returns with new album]
Edwin is a Canadian alt-rock singer from Toronto. He was the lead vocalist for I Mother Earth on the band's first two albums before he went solo in 1997. I Mother Earth opened for Rush on the last show of the Counterparts tour. Alex Lifeson later asked Edwin to sing vocals on Victor, his 1996 side project. Alex then performed on the I Mother Earth album Scenery and Fish later that year.
Edwin is slated to release his third solo album later this summer and once again enlisted some help from Alex Lifeson. This article gives the details.
Edwin's third solo album, "Try This At Home," has just been mixed and the video for the first single, "Right Here," is being edited.
The 13-song disc is slated for an August 15th release on Linus Entertainment/Universal Music Canada. The single, "Right Here," an acoustic-based pop song, will be serviced to hot AC at the end of June. ...
... During an exclusive listening session at producer Jeff Dalziel's Diesel Music Studio in Toronto, he and Edwin previewed seven of the 12 new songs from "Try This At Home" -- "Right Here;" the chorus-heavy "That's A Lie;" cool percussive rocker "Never Over;" the ethereal "Light Reflects;" the positive balladic anthem "Head Up;" rockier groove "Flying;" and heavenly piano ballad "Eyes Of A Child." (An acoustic version of his 1999 top 40 hit "Alive" will also be included).
"There's another four that are heavier," Edwin says of some songs not ready for outside ears just yet. Ian Thornley guests on the "heaviest track" called "Take Anything" and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is on several tracks, including "Never Over" which should be a single. ...
... Co-writing with numerous people -- Dalziel, Togas, Ruben Huizenga, David Martin, and Justin Gray -- Edwin then did a lot of preproduction in his rehearsal space before tracking the album. Drums were done at Reaction Studios; guitar and bass at Alex Lifeson's private studio Lerxst; and all the vocals and overdubs were done at Diesel. ...
... Edwin and Lifeson go back 10 years. The Rush guitarist invited Edwin to sing on his 1996 solo project, "Victor," and that same year played on "Like A Girl" from I Mother Earth's second album, "Scenery And Fish."
"He's only done me favors. I don't think I've done him any," Edwin laughs.
"He was kind enough to let us work at his studio for a week and let us use everything we wanted -- his guitars, his amps, whatever we wanted. He was great about it and he also did us the favor of coming in and doing some cameo guitar playing on a few songs. We ran the songs and he played what he felt, so we used his guitar stylings throughout the record." ...
Lifeson also makes an appearance on John Kastner's (formerly of The Doughboys) first solo album Have You Seen Lucky which was released in the UK this past week.
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