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ODD FELLOWSHIP

by Rebekah Higgs

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Max Vaehling The kind of music angels would make - after they got drunk & giggly. Odd, witty, charming, fun. Beautiful. Favorite track: Youth & Beauty.
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96' 03:11
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Little Voice 03:16
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"Remember a few summers ago when you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing that Lily Allen “Smile” jam? Here is the 2011, horn filled equivalent." - Herohill
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Lazy Morning 02:28
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Shoop 04:53
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Stick & Poke 05:37
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Drunk Love 03:17

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"Remember a few summers ago when you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing that Lily Allen “Smile” jam? Here is the 2011, horn filled equivalent."
- Herohill

Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Rebekah Higgs spent summer vacations growing up on humanitarian trips with her evangelical Christian parents. Although Rebekah later diverged from that path, there's a sense of spiritual joy running through her sophomore album Odd Fellowship, her first LP since 2006’s self-titled debut. Organically warm and easygoing, you'll hear that rush of joy in the most unlikely places, from the Motown-sweetened doowop "Gosh Darn Damn," to the psychedelic confessional "Little Voice," to the smoky-eyed, whirling dervish "Stick and Poke."

Coming out this summer on the energetic young label Hidden Pony (Imaginary Cities, Said the Whale), Odd Fellowship is named after the Odd Fellows lodge in Riverport, Nova Scotia, where Rebekah recorded the album over two winter weeks with Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) – to whom she'd sent a handwritten note asking if he'd produce – and Diego Medina (Chad VanGaalen) as engineer. Oddly enough, female odd fellows are traditionally referred to as Rebekahs, which in Hebrew means "water giver."

Odd Fellowship is a family affair, with guest appearances by Nathan Doucet and Jason Vautour, Rebekah's glittery cohorts on her alter-ego band, the electro-glam dynamos Ruby Jean and the Thoughful Bees, plus Chris Pennell (Joel Plaskett and The Emergency) and the wee voice of three-year-old nephew Easton. Several songs will be familiar to fans, having appeared on Rebekah's critically praised 2010 four-track teaser Little Voice.

While Rebekah's sweet, playful voice, looped on her Kaoss pad, drives this album, Odd Fellowship is underwritten by a subtle maturity and songwriting confidence – an admirable journey for a former theatre student who taught herself to play guitar. An album designed to take the party from late night to lazy brunch, Rebekah experiments with musical styles, shifting gracefully from melodic folk to psych-pop, with big guitar licks and tight laptop beats. Take the stripped-down heartbreaker "Miserably Together," a sober reminder that nothing lasts forever, balanced with the guitar-driven electro "Drunk Love," a relentless dancefloor release of whiskey and summer air, delivered with the cockiness of Beth Ditto, and the throbbing go-go beat of bonus track “96” (available only as a download on iTunes). Lyrically, the electronic-folk song “Youth & Beauty” bridges the gap between singer-songwriter sentimentality and the raw realities of modern love.

Now living in Toronto, Rebekah has been tirelessly touring for the past five years as a solo artist and as the charismatic frontperson for Ruby Jean, but has still found time to paint, act and launch a line of handcrafted jewellery. She's somewhat of a missionary, too, as co-founder of Halifax's new indie-music festival, Long Live the Queen.

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released August 23, 2011

Performed by:
Rebekah Higgs
Brian Deck
Nathan Doucet
Jason Vautour
Chris Pennell
Kelly Webb
*Geoffrey Pye
*Scott MacCormack
*Daniel Gervais

Produced by Brian Deck
Engineered by Diego Medina
Mastered by Joao Carvalho

*96' recorded at Club Venosta in Wakefield QC by Geoffrey Pye. Mixed by Brian Deck, Mastered by Joao Carvalho.

Album Art by James Mejia and Ingram Brass

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