To singer, songwriter and producer Robert Wilson, it seemed like the ideal place to record a solo album: surrounded by nothing but forest and ocean in a borrowed cabin on Gambier Island, just a short boat ride but a world away from the bustle of his Vancouver home. And ideal it was - until he heard the crushing sound of a giant drilling rig burrowing into the rock nearby.

"The sound was bleeding into my microphones, so I couldn't do any recording. So I went down and talked to the drill master, and he said they were going to be drilling 14 hours a day until they reached 240 feet down," says Wilson with a
lighthearted laugh. "So I lost a lot of recording time, but we made the best of it. We went swimming, we played some wickedly competitive croquet, we picked blackberries, we read books. And on the drillers' lunch breaks, we ran back inside and hit record."

But Wilson's laid-back approach isn't limited to his dealings with drill masters. Be My Habit, his much-anticipated sophomore release, is a soulful, sweet