Joel Plaskett Emergency
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. Plaskett performs in a number of genres ...
Exclaim!
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'', January 6, 2012. The album followed a unique release strategy, in which the band recorded one song each week for ten weeks, immediately releasing it for airplay on
CBC Radio 2
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and
CBC Radio 3
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The service, which la ...
and to
iTunes
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for sale as a single, before releasing the 10 songs as a complete album in conventional formats on March 27.
Tour
Following the album's full release, Plaskett toured to support the album with supporting act
Frank Turner
Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981) is an English Punk rock, punk and Folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primaril ...
.
The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the
Toronto Star
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'', June 14, 2012.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 52 on the
Canadian Albums Chart
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