Faith Healer
Long before Jessica Jalbert began recording under the solo moniker Faith He… Read Full Bio ↴Long before Jessica Jalbert began recording under the solo moniker Faith Healer, she fostered a tight collaborative friendship with fellow Edmonton-bred polymath Renny Wilson. Theyโve made boppy garage rock in Tee-Tahs, kicked up a racket in Punk Explosion, and even played in a scattering of cover bands. In 2011, Wilson was a key contributor to Jalbertโs solo album Brother Loyola.
So when Jalbert set about creating her new solo album under the name Faith Healer, she naturally called on her old buddy to help out on production and instrumental duties. The result of these sessions is the debut LP Cosmic Troubles, which will come out this spring on Mint Records.
Jalbert wrote this material while absorbing a steady diet of psychedelic rock from the โ60s and โ70s. This fixation translates into inventive songs that combine the sun-kissed sparkle of classic pop harmonies with head-swimming trippiness and a few forays into thundering fuzz.
She and Wilson played all of the parts themselves. โHe had a recording set-up in his parentsโ basement,โ Jalbert explains of the sessions. โHis mom and dad cooked us dinner pretty much every time. It was very much a family affair.โ Wilson captured the songs using his vintage console, which โ if rumours are to be believed โ may have been used on some Steely Dan recordings back in the day.
The pair worked slowly, their overlapping schedules meaning that they were only able to record periodically. โWe had such intertwined lives, because we were both working at the same record shop, and he was working on the days I had off,โ Jalbert remembers. โWe could record on Tuesday afternoons, that was the only time we had. And if one of us didnโt have a free Tuesday, we couldnโt record that week.โ
Eventually, they logged enough Tuesdays to finish Cosmic Troubles, which captures the warmth of the Summer of Love along with an eclectic sense of anything-goes adventurousness. Opener โAcidโ finds Jalbert renouncing hallucinogens after a bad trip, but the wah-laced fretwork suggests that she might still be feeling some of the drugโs after-effects.
So when Jalbert set about creating her new solo album under the name Faith Healer, she naturally called on her old buddy to help out on production and instrumental duties. The result of these sessions is the debut LP Cosmic Troubles, which will come out this spring on Mint Records.
Jalbert wrote this material while absorbing a steady diet of psychedelic rock from the โ60s and โ70s. This fixation translates into inventive songs that combine the sun-kissed sparkle of classic pop harmonies with head-swimming trippiness and a few forays into thundering fuzz.
She and Wilson played all of the parts themselves. โHe had a recording set-up in his parentsโ basement,โ Jalbert explains of the sessions. โHis mom and dad cooked us dinner pretty much every time. It was very much a family affair.โ Wilson captured the songs using his vintage console, which โ if rumours are to be believed โ may have been used on some Steely Dan recordings back in the day.
The pair worked slowly, their overlapping schedules meaning that they were only able to record periodically. โWe had such intertwined lives, because we were both working at the same record shop, and he was working on the days I had off,โ Jalbert remembers. โWe could record on Tuesday afternoons, that was the only time we had. And if one of us didnโt have a free Tuesday, we couldnโt record that week.โ
Eventually, they logged enough Tuesdays to finish Cosmic Troubles, which captures the warmth of the Summer of Love along with an eclectic sense of anything-goes adventurousness. Opener โAcidโ finds Jalbert renouncing hallucinogens after a bad trip, but the wah-laced fretwork suggests that she might still be feeling some of the drugโs after-effects.
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