Tiny Pictures was recorded in early 2008 in Toronto’s Phase 1 and Lerxst So… Read Full Bio ↴Tiny Pictures was recorded in early 2008 in Toronto’s Phase 1 and Lerxst Sound studios, the latter being the production home of Rush’s guitarist, Alex Lifeson. The aim was to reach for a vintage rock sound also liberally embellished with subtle hooks and “fairy dust, bells and whistles,” as Thornley refers to them, citing Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run as an example of an album where little gifts continue to reveal themselves over repeated listens.
Thornley played jack-of-nearly-all-trades on the record, laying down all the vocal, guitar, and bass parts himself, including the near-unthinkable: teaching himself pedal steel over one fevered day to record “This Is Where My Heart Is”. The thundering spine of the album was provided by Nickelback drummer, Daniel Adair, who appears on 11 of Tiny Pictures’ dozen tracks, alongside Black Crowes’ Steve Gorman, who was scooped up during a brief stint in Nashville to provide a southern beat to the power ballad “Changes”. Oakville, Ontario’s St. Andrew’s Children’s Choir even came on board to make “Under the Radar” soar.
Thornley also sought interesting partnerships for songwriting, co-penning album cuts “Your Song” with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, “Another Memory” with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), and aforementioned first single “Make Believe” with Dave Genn (54-40, Matthew Good Band).
Lastly, the album gets one of music’s greatest seals of artistic pedigree through the cover artwork once again created by Storm Thorgerson, the man responsible for enduring rock images for bands from AC/DC to Led Zeppelin, The Mars Volta to Pink Floyd.
Thornley has been returning to Canadian stages this fall, on select one-off dates and recently in support of Lenny Kravitz. A full-on, cross-Canada tour is being planned for early in the new year.
THORNLEY – TINY PICTURES complete tracklisting
1. Underneath The Radar
2. Changes
3. Man Overboard
4. Your Song
5. Make Believe
6. This Is Where My Heart Is
7. Better Side of Me
8. Might Be The End
9. Conscience & Consequence
10. All Fall Down
11. Be There For Me
12. Another Memory
Thornley played jack-of-nearly-all-trades on the record, laying down all the vocal, guitar, and bass parts himself, including the near-unthinkable: teaching himself pedal steel over one fevered day to record “This Is Where My Heart Is”. The thundering spine of the album was provided by Nickelback drummer, Daniel Adair, who appears on 11 of Tiny Pictures’ dozen tracks, alongside Black Crowes’ Steve Gorman, who was scooped up during a brief stint in Nashville to provide a southern beat to the power ballad “Changes”. Oakville, Ontario’s St. Andrew’s Children’s Choir even came on board to make “Under the Radar” soar.
Thornley also sought interesting partnerships for songwriting, co-penning album cuts “Your Song” with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, “Another Memory” with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), and aforementioned first single “Make Believe” with Dave Genn (54-40, Matthew Good Band).
Lastly, the album gets one of music’s greatest seals of artistic pedigree through the cover artwork once again created by Storm Thorgerson, the man responsible for enduring rock images for bands from AC/DC to Led Zeppelin, The Mars Volta to Pink Floyd.
Thornley has been returning to Canadian stages this fall, on select one-off dates and recently in support of Lenny Kravitz. A full-on, cross-Canada tour is being planned for early in the new year.
THORNLEY – TINY PICTURES complete tracklisting
1. Underneath The Radar
2. Changes
3. Man Overboard
4. Your Song
5. Make Believe
6. This Is Where My Heart Is
7. Better Side of Me
8. Might Be The End
9. Conscience & Consequence
10. All Fall Down
11. Be There For Me
12. Another Memory
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Tiny Pictures
Thornley Lyrics
All Fall Down I push too far, I can't turn back I sit around…
Another Memory Alone, awake, morning on it's way Fell in the fall like…
Be There For Me I'm having one of those days Where I feel like I'm…
Better Side of Me Just fire away, just fire away Let's begin In spite of me,…
Changes So I've tried out all the pick me up's And I've…
Conscience and Consequence Ask me if I burn I'll burn, but not on the…
Make Believe We're rolling down the highway I'm rolling down my window Th…
Man Overboard This whole life underwater Isn't all it's cracked up to be N…
Might Be The End Well, I guess you knew the dream Was bursting at the…
This Is Where My Heart Is This little map is never wrong, they say But it was…
Underneath The Radar I've never felt so warm As I did the other night We'd…
Your Song I would lay down my life If I could leave it…