Blood's Too Rich by "Luke Doucet & the White Falcon" is Luke Doucet

Luke Doucet

Luke Doucet is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal....

's fourth album. The album was released in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 on January 8, 2008 by Six Shooter Records

Six Shooter Records

Six Shooter Records is an independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The music label was founded by Shauna de Cartier in 2000. Artists who have released material on the label include Jenn Grant, Amelia Curran, Elliott Brood, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, Ford Pier, Captain...

. Six Shooter Records released the album in the United States on June 24, 2008.

In an interview for Exclaim!

Exclaim!

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists...

, Doucet commented on how the album compared with his previous album, Broken

Broken (and other rogue states)

Broken is Luke Doucet's third album. The album was released in 2005 in Canada. A break-up album, Broken focused on the heartbreak of a failed relationship...

:

Broken was very much single-themed. It was a break-up record about broken heart

Broken heart

A broken heart is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain or suffering one feels after losing a loved one, whether through death, divorce, breakup, physical separation or romantic rejection....

s and wallowing in pity and self-despair. In comparison, this record is looser, thanks to the help of the band the White Falcon. Although they worked on the last record, this is three-and-a-half years later, where they’ve actually become a band, rather than it being just me and the people I hire. I hope that comes across, because that’s deliberate. It was deliberate to treat the process as one involving my band and friends as opposed to my employees.

The White Falcon is Rich Levesque, bass, John Dinsmore, six-string bass, Paul Brennan, drums and Doucet's wife Melissa McClelland

Melissa McClelland

Melissa McClelland is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female...

, backing vocals. The name, "The White Falcon" refers to Doucet's reissue Gretsch White Falcon

Gretsch White Falcon

The Gretsch White Falcon is a visually distinctive guitar commercially introduced in 1955 by Gretsch. While it has seen vast and substantial changes to its body shape and features through the years, and is currently offered in several styles, the White Falcon has always maintained a striking and...

 Guitar.

In promotion of "Blood's Too Rich", Doucet toured across Canada and the United States with Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...

, toured Europe with Oh Susanna and will tour Europe again this fall, followed by a Canadian tour supporting James Blunt

James Blunt

James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005...

Track listing

All songs written by Doucet except as indicated.

1. "Long Haul Driver"
2. "Blood's Too Rich"
3. "The Lovecats
   The Lovecats
   "The Love Cats" is a 1983 single by The Cure. It was the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number seven, and also hit number six in Australia. It later appeared on the compilation album Japanese Whispers....
   
   " (Robert Smith
   Robert Smith (musician)
   Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
   
   )
4. "Cleveland"
5. "First Day (In the New Hometown)"
6. "Take You Home"
7. "The Comandante"
8. "Beacon on the Southpaw"
9. "Motorbike" (Luke Doucet/Mike Plume
   Mike Plume
   Mike Plume is an Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick.-Background:Canadian singer/songwriter Mike Plume fronts his roots-based namesake band, his first record, 1993's Songs From a Northern Town, was recorded with in Texas.....
   
   )
10. "It's Only Tuesday"
11. "The Day Rick Danko
    Rick Danko
    Richard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...
    
    Died"
12. "Bombs Away"