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ALL NIGHT DEPANNEUR

from SUMMER BEFORE THE STORM by Grievous Angels

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A song about memory and trauma set in a depanneur (corner store) in a long Canadian snow storm.

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ALL NIGHT DEPANNEUR

At an all night depanneur in Hull he was looking to make it home
and the snow was falling on the ground so cold
like the setting of a Christmas poem
And he flashed his mind through the halls of time
for a yesterday he used to know
And reached at the back for the wine on the rack
and grabbed two bottles to go.

When I see the snow I see Sarajevo
and that village burning by the road
When I see the snow and all the things that I know
I just can’t put them back no more

in Kandahar ‘neath the desert stars
I gave everything they’d need
But the kid at the cash just stared right back
and said $20 dollars please

There’s a chopper sound that goes round and round
in every one of my dreams
And my Marie you waited patiently
but it wasn’t me who finally made it home.

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from SUMMER BEFORE THE STORM, released January 15, 2021
Charlie Angus - lead vocals, guitar
Janet Mercier – vocals
Peter Jellard - fiddle, accordian, harmonica, vocals
Tim Hadley - bass, vocals
Ian McKendry – guitar
Andy Sequire – keyboards
Nathan Mahaffy -drums, vocals
Nicolas Tjelios – mandolin, percussion, organ

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GRIEVOUS ANGELS Cobalt, Ontario

“Authentic like Johnny Cash and Woody Guthrie”

“This is a brilliant folk album, and one for our times."
-The Spill Magazine


For the last three decades, the Grievous Angels have been carving out a unique place in the alt-roots landscape. Their songs conjure the tragic beauty of Canada’s northern blue collar frontier.

Their 8th album is a kick ass journey through dark and unsettled times.
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