Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer never intended Songs for Clem for widespread release, but as a 1998 Christmas gift for her father, Clem Harmer. It features her personal, home-recorded renditions of several of his favorite pop and country standards. Harmer's friends and family convinced her to release it independently in 1999; following her commercial breakthrough in 2000 with You Were Here, the album was re-released in Canada and now in the US via Arts & Crafts on 12/6.