When a friend asked Doug Hoyer what his 6th album, Getting Older, sounded like, he enthusiastically replied:

“You know my other 5 albums? It's a lot like those!”

While the restless Canadian indie-pop songwriter has varied his sonic palette over the past decade, here he is consistently rooted in his wry, playful yet sincere, reflective songwriting. Getting Older showcases a focus on lyrical precision, needling the thread on topics such as aging, perspective, family, resource extraction, and the perennial theme of change.

All songs written by Doug Hoyer, with Joe Gurba assisting with lyrical revisions on "The Crusader's Call". All songs registered with SOCAN.

The lyrics to "Origami" were partially inspired by Ken Liu's short story, 'The Paper Menagerie'

Guest Artists, all of whom recorded their own parts:

Rich Aucoin - backing vocals on “Dancing...”
Nathan Burns - pedal steel guitar on “Days Like Today” & “Dancing...”
Alec Harryhausen - bass on “2 Dumb 2 Quit”, backing vocals & lap steel on “We Used To Have Fun”
Mitch Davis Holtby - Bongs & Sax on "Cooking For Two"
Cary Pratt - Drums on “2 Dumb 2 Quit”
Danielle Sines - backing vocals on “We Used To Have Fun”
Cayley Thomas - backing vocals on “Days Like Today”

"2 Dumb 2 Quit" was mixed by Jeff Kynoch
"Here With You" was mixed by Jesse Northey

Mastered in Athens GA by Jesse Mangum at the Glow Recording Studio.
www.theglowrecordingstudio.com

Album Photo by Sebastian Buzzalino
www.unfoldingcreativephoto.com

Thanks to all the pals who have supported me, brainstormed with me, let me bounce ideas off of, put up with me, and collaborate with. Thank you Maureen, as always.

And thank you for listening.

Tomorrow's Gunna Be Different From Today

Here With You

The Crusaders Call

Days Like Today

Too Dumb To Quit

Getting Older

Last november I played a few shows around the prairies with my friend Shotgun Jimmie. I was showing Jimmie some riffs that I was sitting on, and he suggested that I should actually finish them. At first I thought it wouldn't make sense sonically & lyrically with my full length album, but I found that with these songs I was able to say some things that I've been meaning to say, and rip some rockers that I've been itching to play. So, this EP, "Blood Döner", will be a bit of a departure for me. Nevertheless, I hope that you enjoy it and that it may tide you over until my next full length in 2015. 

Check out the EP here:https://doughoyer.bandcamp.com/album/blood-d-ner-ep

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