Weekly Music
The Trews - Den of Thieves
Who are they?: A Canadian roots rock band who quickly became one of my favourite groups after I picked up their debut album, House of Ill Fame (which I looked at last week). As much as I love that album, Den of Thieves is even better. This time around, the band collabarated with Canadian rock icon Gordie Johnson (formerly of Big Sugar) on many of their songs. If you're into this type of music, you should definitely pick up this CD - although, as far as I know, they don't yet have American distribution, so if you live in the States, you'd have to pick it up via Amazon or through MapleMusic.com (a great place for fans of Canadian music).
4 Songs: I had a difficult time picking just four songs from this album. At fifteen tracks and clocking in at 58 minutes, it's somewhat longer than the average rock CD these days, and it didn't help the about half of them are truly outstanding songs. "Cry" and "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me" are catchy rock songs that should give you an idea of what The Trews are all about ("Cry" also sports a groovy horn section that pops up at about the two minute mark). "Montebello Park", my favourite song from the album, channels indie pop without deviating too far from the band's own style. "Ishmael & Maggie" is a barroom ode to the broken-hearted that would sound right at home being played in an East Coast pub.
Next week: I've been looking solely at rock albums thus far, so next week I'll slow things down a little bit with Anna Nalick's debut CD, Wreck of the Day.
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Who are they?: A Canadian roots rock band who quickly became one of my favourite groups after I picked up their debut album, House of Ill Fame (which I looked at last week). As much as I love that album, Den of Thieves is even better. This time around, the band collabarated with Canadian rock icon Gordie Johnson (formerly of Big Sugar) on many of their songs. If you're into this type of music, you should definitely pick up this CD - although, as far as I know, they don't yet have American distribution, so if you live in the States, you'd have to pick it up via Amazon or through MapleMusic.com (a great place for fans of Canadian music).4 Songs: I had a difficult time picking just four songs from this album. At fifteen tracks and clocking in at 58 minutes, it's somewhat longer than the average rock CD these days, and it didn't help the about half of them are truly outstanding songs. "Cry" and "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me" are catchy rock songs that should give you an idea of what The Trews are all about ("Cry" also sports a groovy horn section that pops up at about the two minute mark). "Montebello Park", my favourite song from the album, channels indie pop without deviating too far from the band's own style. "Ishmael & Maggie" is a barroom ode to the broken-hearted that would sound right at home being played in an East Coast pub.
Next week: I've been looking solely at rock albums thus far, so next week I'll slow things down a little bit with Anna Nalick's debut CD, Wreck of the Day.
Press ZAP to play and press it again to skip songs.
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