A Toronto band built around Margo Timmins' voice and sparse, live recordings.
For their essence, listen to 'Mining For Gold' from that church session. It's all there in the space around her voice.
They made their name with 'The Trinity Session' in 1988, recorded in a church and featuring a cover of 'Sweet Jane' that Lou Reed initially disliked for its slow pace. That album's intimacy, and songs like 'Mining For Gold,' defined a sound that felt more like a private conversation than a studio production. They've kept that approach for decades, with Margo's voice always at the center.
They formed in Toronto in the mid-1980s, with their self-titled debut in 1985 establishing their sparse, acoustic style. After 'The Trinity Session' brought wider attention, they continued recording at their own pace, with later work including tracks like 'A Common Disaster.' The lineup has stayed largely unchanged since the start.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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