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After releasing an album of alt-rock covers in 2005, Toronto’s Kate Rogers returns with a clutch of originals penned with co-writer Matthew Bannister. On the disc, produced by Chris Stringer (the D’Urbervilles, the Coast), Rogers’s rich voice exudes a folksy confidence that’s mostly put to good use, with the exception of a jarring heavily filtered trip-hop bridge stuck in the middle of Whippets. But generally it works, and Rogers really hits her creative stride on Stealing From You, on which she sounds like rockier Sarah Slean.
Rogers plays a CD release party at the Tranzac Tuesday (October 21).
