''The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss'' is the second album from

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, a band consisting of

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and

Luke Doucet Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has written and performed as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal and the folk rock band Whitehorse. In 2006 and 2011, Doucet was nominated f ...

. The album was released on August 28, 2012 in Canada by

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.Six Shooter Records released Whitehorse
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'', August 28, 2012. The album was shortlisted for the

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on June 13, 2013."Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List"
. ''

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'', June 13, 2012.

Personnel

*Luke Doucet: vocals, all instruments except the following *Melissa McClelland: vocals, piano on "Cold July" and "Mexico Texico", additional percussion on "Jane" * Andrew Scott: drums on "Cold July", bass on "Cold July", and B3 organ on "Cold July" *Barry Mirochnick: drums on "Radiator Blues", "Out Like a Lion", and "Annie Lu", B3 bass pedals on "Annie Lu" *

Jason Tait Jason Tait is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. Tait has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. Career Tait played drums for the Pa ...

: drums on "Achilles' Desire", "Wisconsin" and "Mexico Texico", percussion on "Wisconsin" * Paul Brennan: drums on "Devil's Got a Gun" and "No Glamour in the Hammer", percussion on "Devil's Got a Gun" *

Pat Steward Pat Steward (born May 4, 1962) is a Canadian drummer and singer who is a member of the band Odds, and has recorded and toured with Bryan Adams and Matthew Good, among many others. Early life Steward was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Br ...

: drums on "Out Like a Lion" and "Peterbilt Coalmine" * Doug Elliott: bass on "Out Like a Lion" and "Peterbilt Coalmine" *Chloe Doucet-Winkelman: piano on "Out Like a Lion", and additional vocals on "Out Like a Lion" *Leon Furs: piano on "Radiator Blues" and "Devil's Got a Gun", and guitar on "No Glamour in the Hammer" *

Nik Kozub Nik Kozub is a Canadian musician. Formerly a bass guitarist for the band Veal,"No keeping track"
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: programming beats, et cetera on "Jane" *Roman Marcone: Mixing

Track listing

#"Achilles' Desire" #"Devil's Got a Gun" #"Mismatched Eyes (Boat Song)" #"Peterbilt Coalmine" #"Cold July" #"Jane" #"Out Like a Lion" #"No Glamour in the Hammer" #"Radiator Blues" #"Annie Lu" #"Wisconsin" #"Mexico Texaco" *All songs written by Luke Doucet & Melissa McClellend, except Jane was written by Luke Doucet, Melissa McClellend &

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References

External links

* 2012 albums Whitehorse (band) albums Six Shooter Records albums {{2010s-folk-album-stub