Native Speaker Chris Reimer delicately moving between heavy tension

delicately moving between heavy tension and buoyant euphoria

Toronto songwriter Lowell Sostomi was using the opportunity to write an album — one that captures the claustrophobia and isolation

NOW BACK ON VINYL

flirting with anthemic rock

Reimer would go on to join San Francisco based act The Dodos as a touring guitarist

Native Speaker Chris Reimer delicately moving between heavy tensionNOW BACK ON VINYL!! Native Speaker came out 10 years ago this month. To celebrate, were doing a limited edition LP pressing: original designer Marc Rimmer has updated the package with a high gloss record cover and a new lyric sleeve complemented by eye popping coloured vinyl. An astonishingly accomplished debut from a young band, Native Speaker laid out some of Braids' core interests, including a meticulous attention to sonic detail and a rhythmic