Both country and C&W are genres that blossomed around the problems of ordinary people, with their emotive thematic situations invariably writ larger than life.
Nathan's heart is close to this tradition, but their heads are far more nuanced, and consequently the Canadian group's subjects and lyrics bear little resemblance to their Southern counterparts.
No achy-breaky hearts, cheatin' beatin' husbands or runaway wives are to be found on Key Principles, instead Nathan's world is populated by less dramatic souls with far less well-defined complaints.
An amorphous restlessness pools around "Trans Am," an unspoken yearning is whipped up by "The Wind," nostalgia swirls around "John Paul's Deliveries," and existential angst defines an "Ordinary Day." All of Key Principles' characters long for a bit of happiness in their drab, disconnected lives.
Each one is deliberately understated, their actions seemingly reduced in size, with even murder made minuscule, as if they're constantly aware their world is dwarfed by the universe itself.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Paul's DeliveriesK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | ScarecrowK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Daffodils | Nathan | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Trans AmK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The Boulevard Back ThenK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | The WindK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | You WinK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Key Principles of SuccessK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Ordinary DayK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Malorie | Nathan | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Sophie's Waltz | Nathan | Play | 01:43 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Let Them LookK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Terrible Way to See OmahaK. Latimer | Nathan | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Secrets | Nathan | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 48 mins | 111 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Dahle | Guest Artist, Percussion |
| 2 | Scott Hull | Mastering |
| 3 | Devin Latimer | Bass, Percussion, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | K. Latimer | Composer |
| 5 | Todd Martin | French Horn, Guest Artist |
| 6 | Damon Mitchell | Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Nathan | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Howard Redekopp | Engineer, Guest Artist, Mixing, Piano, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Jon Schledewitz | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |