Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer (born on 12 November 1970 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadia… Read Full Bio ↴Sarah Harmer (born on 12 November 1970 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian folk singer.
Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the then-unknown The Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she was invited to join a Toronto band, The Saddletramps. For three years, she juggled The Saddletramps with her studies in philosophy and women's studies at Queen's University.
After leaving The Saddletramps, Harmer put together a band of her own with several Kingston, Ontario musicians, and settled on the name Weeping Tile. The band released its first independent cassette in 1994. Soon afterward, they signed to a major label, and the cassette was re-released in 1995 as eepee. The band quickly became a popular draw on the rock club circuit and on campus radio with their subsequent albums, but never broke through to the mainstream, and broke up in 1998 after being dropped from their label.
Also in 1998, Harmer recorded a set of pop standards as a Christmas gift for her father. After hearing it, her friends and family convinced her to release it as an album, and in 1999 she released it independently as Songs for Clem. Harmer quickly began working on another album, and in 2000, she released You Were Here.
A poppier, more laid-back effort than her work with Weeping Tile, You Were Here became Harmer's mainstream breakthrough, spawning the hits "Basement Apartment" and "Don't Get Your Back Up". The album also appeared on many critics' year-end lists, including TIME magazine, which called it the year's best debut album. It was eventually certified platinum for sales of 100,000 copies in Canada. Almost half of the album (including both of its major hits) consisted of songs she had previously recorded with Weeping Tile or The Saddletramps.
In 2004, she released All of Our Names. The album included the singles "Almost", which made the top 20 on Canadian pop charts, and "Pendulums". The album has a rustic earthy live-of-the-floor sound with some of the instrumentation, programming pre-production recording conducted in her home Northeast of Kingston, Ontario. The album was co-produced by Gavin Brown [Metric, Billy Talent, The Tragically Hip,]
Her fourth album, I'm A Mountain, was released in Canada on November 8, 2005. Sarah has performed and canvased in support of the NDP and Marilyn Churley, her friend in the fight for the protection of the Niagara Escarpment. The album states that it has been: "Engineered, mixed and produced by Sarah Harmer and Martin Davis Kinack at her house."
In 2010, Sarah released her fifth release, Oh Little Fire, which was co-produced by Gavin Brown, who assisted with her earlier All Our Names and features Neko Case on guest vocals.
Sarah, during her five year break between her last two recordings, appeared as a guest vocalist on other artists' albums, including Blue Rodeo, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Great Big Sea, Rheostatics, The Skydiggers and The Weakerthans.
Discography
1999 - Songs for Clem
2000 - You Were Here
2004 - All of Our Names
2005 - I'm A Mountain
2010 - Oh Little Fire
Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the then-unknown The Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she was invited to join a Toronto band, The Saddletramps. For three years, she juggled The Saddletramps with her studies in philosophy and women's studies at Queen's University.
After leaving The Saddletramps, Harmer put together a band of her own with several Kingston, Ontario musicians, and settled on the name Weeping Tile. The band released its first independent cassette in 1994. Soon afterward, they signed to a major label, and the cassette was re-released in 1995 as eepee. The band quickly became a popular draw on the rock club circuit and on campus radio with their subsequent albums, but never broke through to the mainstream, and broke up in 1998 after being dropped from their label.
Also in 1998, Harmer recorded a set of pop standards as a Christmas gift for her father. After hearing it, her friends and family convinced her to release it as an album, and in 1999 she released it independently as Songs for Clem. Harmer quickly began working on another album, and in 2000, she released You Were Here.
A poppier, more laid-back effort than her work with Weeping Tile, You Were Here became Harmer's mainstream breakthrough, spawning the hits "Basement Apartment" and "Don't Get Your Back Up". The album also appeared on many critics' year-end lists, including TIME magazine, which called it the year's best debut album. It was eventually certified platinum for sales of 100,000 copies in Canada. Almost half of the album (including both of its major hits) consisted of songs she had previously recorded with Weeping Tile or The Saddletramps.
In 2004, she released All of Our Names. The album included the singles "Almost", which made the top 20 on Canadian pop charts, and "Pendulums". The album has a rustic earthy live-of-the-floor sound with some of the instrumentation, programming pre-production recording conducted in her home Northeast of Kingston, Ontario. The album was co-produced by Gavin Brown [Metric, Billy Talent, The Tragically Hip,]
Her fourth album, I'm A Mountain, was released in Canada on November 8, 2005. Sarah has performed and canvased in support of the NDP and Marilyn Churley, her friend in the fight for the protection of the Niagara Escarpment. The album states that it has been: "Engineered, mixed and produced by Sarah Harmer and Martin Davis Kinack at her house."
In 2010, Sarah released her fifth release, Oh Little Fire, which was co-produced by Gavin Brown, who assisted with her earlier All Our Names and features Neko Case on guest vocals.
Sarah, during her five year break between her last two recordings, appeared as a guest vocalist on other artists' albums, including Blue Rodeo, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Great Big Sea, Rheostatics, The Skydiggers and The Weakerthans.
Discography
1999 - Songs for Clem
2000 - You Were Here
2004 - All of Our Names
2005 - I'm A Mountain
2010 - Oh Little Fire
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Sarah Harmer Lyrics
Almost I almost dialed your number when I Thought the coast was…
Around This Corner I'll be coming around this corner I know one day we'll…
Basement Apartment You live out where the street ends In a basement apt.…
Basement Apt. Well, you live out where the street ends In a basement…
Black Coffee I'm feeling mighty lonesome Haven't slept a wink I walk…
Came On Lion Closer than a girl can get to trouble If she hasn't…
Capsized When I heard about the coming day Wish I could wake…
Captive I wanna be held captive Forget the way I acted It's just…
Careless Woke up In my head I heard your voice saying something Dee…
Coffee Stain There's a coffee stain Around your eye And lines that I don'…
Dandelions in Bullet Holes Kaleidoscope, Wheel of hope. Place to start out from, Althou…
Don Baby, if I could keep it together Don't you think I'd…
Escarpment Blues If they blow a hole in my backyard Everyone is gonna…
Everytime I can throw away my fears Up into the atmosphere They race…
Go To Sleep Go to sleep At least lie here awhile Best to look straight…
Goin' Out When the days close on The memories that you've acquired And…
Greeting Card Aisle Icy twinkling in the window, It's a sparkle on the snow, H…
How Deep In The Valley How deep in the valley must you go To find what…
I If I only had one match left Would I try to…
I Am Aglow I am aglow with thoughts of you? Are the stories that…
I'm A Mountain Well now how did they get that lady on TV Laughing…
It Will Sail I think it'll float I think it'll sail We may take on…
Just a Closer Walk With Thee Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it, Jesus, is my…
Late Bloomer Oh late bloomer the rumours were true You know I checked…
Lodestar Out of the night, into the water We push the boat…
Luther I hate the city it brings me down I'm a country…
New Enemy "When you find yourself a new enemy Can you take me…
New Loneliness There is just one apple on the tree It isn't like…
Oh Bury Me Not Oh bury me not on the lone prairie Where the…
Oleander Oleander, Oleander Will you bloom again this spring? I adore…
One Match If I only had one match left Would I try to…
Open Window Love, I see you there Adrift on the air Floating by the…
Peanut Butter Toast When the sun comes up do you ever stop to…
Pendulum We are like pendulums Our arms swinging at our sides And I…
Salamandre Salamander, Salamander You have to help me understand All th…
Sentimental Journey Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at…
Shine On Harvest Moon The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see…
Silver Road I'll be way down the silver road I'll go where the…
Silverado Hey what about me When can I tumble like old Neil,…
Stormy Weather Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky…
Summertime Summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumping and…
Tennessee Waltz I was waltzing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz…
Tether Living this close to the road You'll question your vulnerabi…
The City The city was too late for us I got there and…
The Hideout Look at that green out through the screen After a quick…
The Marble In Your Eye You said 'everything sounds right' I say 'everything is bea…
The Phoenix It was a late-in-the-summer night Nearing the end of a bumpy…
The Ring You thank me all the time But now it's my turn Cause…
The Thief A new wind will blow through everything Through everything …
Things To Forget I got to put some things in the ground Even with…
Took It All You said I could have it all You said it to…
Trouble In The Fields Baby, I know that we got trouble in the fields…
Uniform Grey It's perfectly suited, this uniform grey There are no bearin…
Washington I didn't go to Washington instead I swept the floor The…
Weakened State From the minute you saw it By the time it left…
Will He Be Waiting For Me I can still see that lonesome road stretched out before…
You Were Here Are there no blinders on lights that glare White noise on…
Your Cheatin Your cheatin' heart Will make you weep You'll cry and…
Your Cheatin Heart Your cheatin' heart Will make you weep You'll cry and…
Your Cheatin' Heart Your cheatin' heart Will make you weep You'll cry and…