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This one narrows things down to the finest point, because so often less is so much more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Hamilton points out: 'It's the loudest thing I've ever made.' He released his first four albums Songbook, Treasury Library Canada, Die Stadt Muzikanten and Balladeer via End of the Road Records, with Thumbtacks and Glue following via Fierce Panda. T R O U B L E features Woodpigeon's current line-up of Mark Andrew Hamilton alongside \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Gaucher\u003c\/strong\u003e on percussion, \u003cstrong\u003eColin Edward Cowan\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass, and \u003cstrong\u003eAnnalea Sordi-McClure\u003c\/strong\u003e on keys. Guest appearances on the album come from \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Thomas Broughton\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMary Margaret O'Hara\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore this release, Hamilton had all but quit music following a messy heartbreak. He wandered the earth for two years, particularly inspired by time in Istanbul; 'during the riots, no less - when you're particularly bummed out, getting tear gassed every day is a good distraction'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally returned to Canada, he re-located to a collective house in Vancouver's Downtown East Side and continued working on new material. It was freeing to write without any real rules. Many of the songs don't follow typical formats and chord structures but rather fold in upon themselves in a cyclical way, patterns indirectly inspired by music he heard in Turkey and Argentina. 'It's almost mortifying to be so honest and direct') initially confused the other players with their unusual structures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by reading-up on personal hero Roy Orbison, who spoke of throwing out the rulebook of what a pop song should be, Hamilton thought; 'I've already quit music, so I might not even make these songs into anything other than things I play for myself - ¦ so let's just see where they go on their own.' 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