What day is it?? It’s Friday! That means new music! This week gave us new offerings from some of Canda’s top indie bands. Let’s stop wasting time and get right into it.
Your Heart’s My Home – Yukon Blonde
Kelowna born and Vancouver based indie rock band Yukon Blonde blessed us with a little two song EP this week. The two songs included are Your Heart’s My Home and You Were Mine. The sounds produced here are dreamy and vintage but feel like a bit of an evolution for the band. It feels like they had a bigger focus on the instrumentals than on previous efforts. The EP follows the success of the single they released earlier in the year, Get Precious, which is a pretty slick track too.
Happy – Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS)
The first offering from these guys since early 2020 is one that fits easily into their sound. The unique vocals of lead singer Ash Buchholz are stronger than ever and the backing track is energetic enough to keep up. The only complaint I have with this one is that it sounds exactly the same as the music they’ve been making since 2008.
Upside Down – Fleece
A band best known for its viral video “How To Make an Alt-J Song” actually does a great job carving their own path with tunes like this one. The lyrics are sad but you’d never know it behind the sun-shiny guitar riffs and cheery horn section. I’m a sucker for a good horn section so I really dig this one.
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This Place Sucks Ass – PUP
This six song EP keeps the insane sound you’d expect from PUP. Three of the songs here have been offered as singles already this year (Rot, Anaphylaxis, and A.M. 180). The following three songs reinforce the signature sound they’ve built over the years and really helped them breakthrough last year. I’m not the biggest fan of punk rock like this but for some reason, I have a soft spot for these guys. Their songs just feel more relatable than other bands like this.
Support our fellow Canadian artists! Check out some of the songs I talked about and please explore for yourself the wonders of our music scene 🙂