The Great Outdoors

It all started with Adam. Sometime back between bands, he started recording songs on his own – acoustic numbers mostly, with a psych-folk feel. Songs started flowing. It turned into a real project. He called it The Great Outdoors. In the wake of its sophomore release, A Scant 63, The Great Outdoors’ line-up expanded to include singer/songwriter Steve Wells and drummer Steve Wegelin (Radiogram, Red Sugar). Following a Canadian tour, The Great Outdoors released their first album Food, Booze and Entertainment – enlisting the talents of Randy Forrester (Radiogram, Red Sugar) and Craig McCaul (Frazey Ford, Kent McAlister and the Iron Choir), both of whom would soon become full-time Great Outdoorsmen. After a productive hiatus away from the studio, The Great Outdoors returned with a vengeance in 2020. Working in partnership with producer/engineer Jesse Gander (White Lung, Japandroids, Brutus) at Raincity Recorders, The Great Outdoors delivered their finest offering to date: This Busy Stillness – a lush and provocative evolution of the band’s progressive sound. Featuring contributions from the likes of
Ford Pier (horn arrangement) and Emily Heldson (fiddle), This Busy Stillness captures The Great Outdoors at the top of their game. Due to the pandemic, however, the album was not released until 2022. Regardless, The Great Outdoors took advantage of the global downtime, heading back into Raincity Recorders with Jesse Gander to finish work on two more albums…