Winter Wheat | ||||
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Released | October 21, 2016 | |||
Genre | Folk, Indie | |||
Label | ANTI- | |||
Producer | Jason Tait, Christine Fellows | |||
John K. Samson chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The A.V. Club | B+ [2] |
Exclaim! | (9/10) [3] |
Winter Wheat is the second solo album by John K. Samson, released on October 21, 2016, via ANTI-. [4] It is his first album of new material since The Weakerthans went on hiatus in 2015. [5]
The album was produced by Samson's Weakerthans bandmate Jason Tait and Christine Fellows, and also features contributions from his Weakerthans bandmate Greg Smith. [4] In an interview with The A.V. Club , Samson described the album as feeling in some ways like a new Weakerthans album rather than a solo project. [4]
The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize. [6]
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