There's a great review and interview with Broken Deer at Weird Canada, a really amazing site, covering in their own words music "often bearing the flag of the boundary pushing and unique sounds bubbling in Canada...that exist in every city, town, and hamlet."
http://weirdcanada.com/2010/01/review-broken-deer-our-small-going/
http://weirdcanada.com/2010/02/interview-broken-deer/
And here's one from Hero Hill
'09 or................. '06 I guess. When Lindsay Dobbin - aka Broken Deer - recorded Our Small Going, it was a DIY release that got some great press (and had different title), but when you are isolated from large urban centers and tucked away in Whitehorse, it's tough to build a fan base no matter how good the songs are.
Thankfully, good music will always eventually get heard, and with the support of the Gandhara project - they do amazing runs of 100, hoping that the unique sounds and cover art draw you in - you can pick up a copy of the reissue. Considering the songs were written and recorded in '06, they stand the critical test of time. The former Halifax based Dobbins could easily nestle into a lineup with Ghost Bees or countless other folkies from the North End, but her songs are more than just a cross section of the sounds of a scene.
Tape hiss, loops, delays and warbles give forgotten childhood memories a tender intimacy and surprisingly accessible feel, but it's her take on decay - not of society, but man-made objects that littered her families property - that make this record so enjoyable. Somehow she's able to give the slow, inevitable process of decomposition a touching human quality, without drifting into countless metaphors about death. I have no idea where the record was recorded but at the end of the day, it strikes me as the result of a woman sitting in a room, alone, playing music that comes from her soul.
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