Catalogue #DROG-011

Nestled quietly in the vast agricultural fields and plains of Saskatchewan lies the enchanting and mystical community of "Melville", a village not unlike the majority of all small towns in Canada. A community that Canadians are all too familiar with. A mindset of pure Canadiana, influencing the works and writings of some of the great northern explorers of our time. These towns, villages and communities have been the lifeline for such artistic minds as Neil Young, Stompin' Tom Conners, and Gordon Lightfoot. Toronto based Rheostatics continue that fine tradition, informing our inhabitants of our great land, history and popular culture.

Melville is a state of mind in which all true Canadians can relate. The Rheostatics took this frame of mind and converted it into a critically acclaimed recording. Recorded at Toronto's Reaction Studios with Michael Philip-Wojewoda producing, Melville contains happy songs about sad subjects, diaries of childhood and travel, and serious tracks on the nature of love and the Canadian psyche. Rheostatics romanticize the diversity of our land and wax patriotic on this recorded