The Great Lakes Suite is the thirteenth album by the Canadian rock band Rheostatics. The album is slated for release on November 21, 2025,
In August 2024, recording sessions started for The Great Lakes Suite. The band consisted of Bidini, Clark, Hearn, Kerr, Marsh, and Vesely. Additional contributors include Alex Lifeson, Tanya Tagaq, Chief Stacey LaForme, Laurie Anderson, Anne Carson, and Liz Howard (writer). [1] It was wholly improvised live in studio over four days of recording. The album is slated for release on November 21, 2025, and will be launched with a concert in Toronto featuring guest contributions by Lifeson and Hugh Marsh, and multimedia video by Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal.