Canadian indie folk band
the Wooden Sky earned a Polaris Music Prize nomination for their 2009 sophomore album
If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone, and were shortlisted for a Juno for 2012's
Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun. With their fourth album, 2015's
Let's Be Ready,
the Wooden Sky offer more of their ambitious yet accessible sound, a set of songs cued to the wide dynamics and emotional range of
Gavin Gardiner's vocals and songwriting, while his accompanists --
Simon Walker on keyboards, guitar, and mandolin,
Edwin Huizinga on violin,
Andrew Wyatt on bass, and
Andrew Kekewich on drums -- give the performances the evocative delivery that's become their hallmark.
Let's Be Ready marks the next step for one of Canada's more accomplished young bands.