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Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto.
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Band · from Wainfleet · since 2003
Great Lake Swimmers
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Records
Albums 13
- Caught Light
Caught Light10 Oct 2025Vinyl - In Pieces: An Acoustic Retrospective
In Pieces: An Acoustic Retrospective4 Oct 2024Vinyl
- In Pieces: An Acoustic Retrospective (2024 Acoustic...
In Pieces: An Acoustic Retrospective (2024 Acoustic Retrospective)4 Oct 2024Vinyl - Uncertain Country
Uncertain Country28 Apr 2023Vinyl - The Waves, The Wake (Acoustic)
The Waves, The Wake (Acoustic)8 Nov 2019Vinyl - The Waves, The Wake
The Waves, The Wake16 Aug 2018Vinyl - A Forest of Arms
A Forest of Arms21 Apr 2015Vinyl
- New Wild Everywhere
New Wild Everywhere2 Apr 2012Vinyl - Song Sung Blue
Song Sung Blue22 Dec 2009Vinyl - Lost Channels
Lost Channels31 Mar 2009Vinyl - Ongiara
Ongiara16 Apr 2007Vinyl - Bodies and Minds
Bodies and Minds2 Apr 2005Vinyl - Great Lake Swimmers
Great Lake Swimmers28 Jan 2003Vinyl
EPs 7
- Side Effects
Side Effects13 Apr 2018 · EPVinyl - They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore
They Don’t Make Them Like That Anymore3 Nov 2017 · EPVinyl - Thesis 09
Thesis 091 Oct 2017 · EPVinyl
- Swimming Away
Swimming Away8 Apr 2016 · EPVinyl - Live at Trinity St. Paul's
Live at Trinity St. Paul's22 Jun 2010 · EPVinyl
- Your Rocky Spine
Your Rocky Spine2007 · EPVinyl
- Hands in Dirty Ground
Hands in Dirty Ground2006 · EPVinyl
Singles 13
- Youth Not WastedYouth Not Wasted11 Sep 2025 · SingleVinyl
- Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong25 Jun 2025 · SingleVinyl - One More Dance Around the Sun
One More Dance Around the Sun21 May 2025 · SingleVinyl - Your Rocky Spine + Changing Colours (2024 Acoustic...
Your Rocky Spine + Changing Colours (2024 Acoustic Retrospective)13 Sep 2024 · SingleVinyl - Peacemaker (from 'Let's Go Dancing' the songs of Kevn...
Peacemaker (from 'Let's Go Dancing' the songs of Kevn Kinney)7 Sep 2023 · SingleVinyl - When The Storm Has Passed / Moonlight, Stay Above
When The Storm Has Passed / Moonlight, Stay Above17 Feb 2023 · SingleVinyl
- When The Storm Has Passed b/w Moonlight, Stay Above
When The Storm Has Passed b/w Moonlight, Stay Above17 Feb 2023 · SingleVinyl - The Legend of Bobby Bird
The Legend of Bobby Bird14 Oct 2022 · SingleVinyl - Getting to the Heart of It (feat. Tony Dekker)
Getting to the Heart of It (feat. Tony Dekker)6 Mar 2020 · SingleVinyl - Alone but Not Alone
Alone but Not Alone21 Jun 2018 · SingleVinyl
- Polaris Cover Sessions No. 1
Polaris Cover Sessions No. 17 Oct 2015 · SingleVinyl
- Zero in the City
Zero in the City17 Feb 2015 · SingleVinyl
All 13 singles
- You Are a Movie
You Are a Movie25 Mar 2009 · SingleVinyl
- Live at the Redeemer 2007 (Live at the Redeemer, 4/14/2007) · 2021 · compilation
- Live At The Redeemer 2007 · 2021 · live
- I Am Part of a Large Family (Live at the Redeemer, 4/14/2007) · 2021 · Single · compilation
- Your Rocky Spine (Live 2007-04-14) · 2021 · Single · compilation
- When We Last Shook Hands: Cover Songs Volume 1 · 2020 · compilation
- Pulling On A Line (Live Juno Performance 2010) · 2010 · Single · compilation
- The Legion Sessions · 2009 · live
- Great Lake Swimmers Live at Schubas 09/08/2005 · 2005 · compilation
- 2005-09-08: Shuba's, Chicago, IL, USA · 2005 · live
Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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Members
- 2003 on
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Also plays on
Records by other artists with Great Lake Swimmers in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
In playlists
Playlists with Great Lake Swimmers in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
If you like Great Lake Swimmers
- Iron & Wine3 sources agree
- Damien Jurado3 sources agree
- M. Ward3 sources agree
- Phosphorescent3 sources agree
- The Tallest Man on Earth3 sources agree
- Josh Ritter2 sources agree
- The Barr Brothers2 sources agree
- Horse Feathers2 sources agree
- Kathleen Edwards2 sources agree
- Neil Halstead2 sources agree
- Ray LaMontagne2 sources agree
- Okkervil River2 sources agree
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Great Lake Swimmers’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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