Great Lake Swimmers

The Profile

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie-folk band led by songwriter Tony Dekker.

Tony Dekker is the primary songwriter and band leader. The review of Lost Channels (the band's fourth studio album) credits DIY production by Tony Dekker and Andy Magoffin and names contributing musicians Erin Aurich (violin) and Erik Arnesen (tenor banjo). The band's sound is framed in the indie-folk tradition and compared to acts such as REM, Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine in the review.

A measured, appreciative review of Great Lake Swimmers' Lost Channels highlighting Tony Dekker's songwriting and DIY production. The album is called "not a masterpiece" but "undoubtedly a great album." Recommended for rainy afternoons and fans of indie-folk traditions.