{"id":11795,"date":"2020-04-22T14:24:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T19:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=11795"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:15:37","slug":"album-review-slow-leaves-shelf-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2020\/04\/22\/album-review-slow-leaves-shelf-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Slow Leaves :: Shelf Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SL_LP_cover_SL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SL_LP_cover_SL.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SL_LP_cover_SL-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SL_LP_cover_SL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SL_LP_cover_SL-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Mark Teague<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shelf Life<\/em>, Grant Davidson\u2019s third album under the moniker Slow Leaves, is exactly the album Winnipeg needs under lockdown. Teaming up with a roster of Winnipeg staples like Rusty Matyas, Rejean Ricard, and Damon Mitchell, Davidson has released the perfect album for the solitary mood of newfound home life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The opening track, \u201cLooking Out My Window\u201d (an all too familiar activity under lockdown), begins themes of reflection that continue throughout the rest of the album. The comforting warble of Grant\u2019s voice has an almost natural echo, and a warmth that perfectly complements the sentiment across the rest of the tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the songs, in turn, present thoughts, feelings, and situations that invite the listener to identify. Davidson asks difficult questions that require introspection and self-awareness, while also discussing the intricacies of daily living. Statements such as \u201cI need some peace of mind\u201d and \u201cyesterday I found myself thinking of you\u201d, become as meaningful as they are universal, especially when we are given time to reflect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sonically, the album has a very dreamy feel, and Davidson highlights this by introducing motifs of dream and memory, and the intersection of these two familiar states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In a time when much of life has changed, Slow Leaves has produced an album that provides comfort while also asking us to reflect on the past, on ourselves, and possibilities for the future. <em>Shelf Life <\/em>provides a uniquely powerful compliment for the uncertainty of the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjrrQMasL6s&amp;feature=youtu.be\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjrrQMasL6s&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Teague Shelf Life, Grant Davidson\u2019s third album under the moniker Slow Leaves, is exactly the album Winnipeg needs under lockdown. Teaming up with a roster of Winnipeg staples like Rusty Matyas, Rejean Ricard, and Damon Mitchell, Davidson has released the perfect album for the solitary mood of newfound home life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11799,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11795\/revisions\/11799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}