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Great Lake Swimmers

ca | Label: Pheromone Recordings
Europe/UK (Agent) Dieter Craeye Europe/UK (Agent) Steven Thomassen

Upcoming shows

15.05.2026
Haus der Musik - Vienna (at) + Portland

17.05.2026
Paribu Art - Istanbul (tr)

18.05.2026
Dürer Kert - Budapest (hu) + Portland

20.05.2026
Beatpol - Dresden (de) + Portland

21.05.2026
Frannz Club - Berlin (de) + Portland

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Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are a critically acclaimed indie-folk group led by Tony Dekker. Based in Southern Ontario, the group emerged in the early 2000s with a succession of heavily atmospheric albums recorded in old silos and rural country churches. The music developed in that pastoral warmth, performed and recorded in acoustically resonant and historical locales with a revolving cast of personnel. They are renowned for homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana in their live shows.

Their newest album, Caught Light, out Oct 10, 2025, is their most immediate and instinctive album to date. Recorded in just five days in Ontario’s Ganaraska Forest with producer Darcy Yates (Bahamas) and engineer Jimmy Bowskill (Blue Rodeo), it draws warmth from early ’70s folk-pop while embracing a new spontaneity and directness in Dekker’s songwriting.

Great Lake Swimmers have been shortlisted for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize and nominated twice for Canada’s Juno Awards, with the CBC calling them “a national treasure.”

“A stunning variety of tones and textures… nothing less than both cerebral and sublime” – American Songwriter, 4/5

“It floats from country to folk to indie rock and back again… a sharp-toothed but achingly beautiful portrait of the natural world and the human condition.” – New Noise Magazine

“Dekker’s preoccupation with the Canadian state of mind flourishes in his lyrics. Few songwriters are able to convey the country’s harsh beauty as well. …Canadian folk tradition personified in the 21st century” – Exclaim!

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Caught Light

Pheromone Recordings(2025)

Uncertain Country

Pheromone Recordings(2023)

Waves, The Wake

Nettwerk(2018)

A forest of arms

Nettwerk(2015)

New Wild Everywhere

Nettwerk(2012)

Lost Channels

Nettwerk(2008)

Ongiara

Nettwerk(2007)

Bodies and Minds

Fargo(2005)

Great Lake Swimmers

Misra(2003)

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