The Sheepdogs ‎– Changing Colours. Label: Warner Music Canada ‎– 1 773861, Warner Music Canada ‎– 1-938757.

The Sheepdogs Changing Colours Warner Music. You’d be forgiven if the vision of Canada’s rolling plains, shoulder-high wheat, and farm country didn’t immediately send you to thoughts of southern rock. Canada’s prairies aren’t exactly Alabama or the bayou, but this is exactly where The Sheepdogs hail from, and southern rock is exactly what they do. It’s their bread and butter. Saskatoon’s favourite sons have made a living on albums dripping with Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. However, their latest album, Changing Colours, goes further. This album is a smorgasbord of visuality. Embedded deeply in the ’70s, Changing Colours would fit perfectly as a soundtrack to a Quentin Tarantino movie. I almost feel bad digitally streaming this album. Listening to it on anything but vinyl is a crime against music. Seriously, does this record come with a hair pick?

Their most recent album Changing Colours seems to be a nod to the rustic influences of music that is now considered Canadiana. There are nuances within the songs that are reminiscent of the classic harmonious riffs of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and the rugged sound of The Guess Who. The rusticity and influence from 70s Southern rock bands like The Allman Brothers is evident. It can be viewed as both a weakness and a strength for The Sheepdogs that they are constantly compared to bands that have already been solid for so many decades. In my opinion, the genre is something that is so intense, and resonant for so many people that there is something intriguing about a band that is capable of keeping true to their sound, and are able to remain relevant in this state of the music industry where it seems like the only place for heavy blues rock bands and the like are.

The Sheepdogs was the band's first album with a major record label. In 2012, the band played a live session on the roof of the CBC Toronto building. Changing Colours was released in February 2018 after an extended recording period. Most of the records we’ve made have been under a short time constraint, Corbett is quoted as saying. This one was done over six months, with some songs sitting around for two months. Then we’d come back and try different things, so I think that as a result, some of the songs took a different shape. The Changing Colours sessions also marked the recording debut of guitar wiz Jimmy Bowskill.

The Sheepdogs '70s CanCon rock band lineage can be traced back through heritage acts The Guess Who (No Sugar Tonight), Crowbar (Oh What A Feeling), Lighthouse (Sunny Days) and The Five Man Electrical Band (Signs). Although they freely admit to forming under the heavy influence of Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers, Humble Pie and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Sheepdogs are perhaps best viewed in light of their particularly Canadian pedigree. Formed just over a decade ago.

The hard-touring band released a new EP, Five Easy Pieces, later that year, followed by their eponymous fourth studio album in 2012. In July 2015, the band issued the single "Downtown" in anticipation of the release of their fifth long player, Future Nostalgia, later that October. Changing Colours, the band's sixth studio effort, followed in 2018, and featured the single "I've Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be". ~ James Christopher Monger.

Two years on from delivering Future Nostalgia LP, the Sheepdogs have lifted the curtain on a follow-up full-length. Titled Changing Colours, the band's sixth studio effort will arrive February 2 through Warner. The record runs 17 tracks in length, with the band sharing first single "I've Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be" alongside the announcement. It also marks the first album to feature guitarist Jim Bowskill, who joined the group in 2015

Artist: The Sheepdogs Album: Changing Colours Country: USA Genre: Blues Rock Quality: Mp3, CBR 320 kbps (HQ). Tracklist: 01. Nobody 02. I've Got a Hole Where My Heart Should Be 03. Saturday Night 04. Let It Roll 05.