Tagged: notimeforlater

I've had a rash of albums recently that teased me with opening songs that went one way and the rest of the album that took a hard left and went the other way. Somehow the sequencing isn't quite what I expect from the music and it takes more than a few listenings to gleem the best of the album. The Toronto based Trews , on their 3rd album No Time for Later have done exactly that: the title track reminds me of a '70's Rockpile song, or a mid '80's Smithereens tune. [...]

Three years ago, at the very beginning of Grade 9, I remember coming home and turning on MuchMusic. Normally, the channel would have been background noise to me eating in the TV room, but not this time. "So She's Leaving", The Trews first single off their sophomore album "Den of Thieves", blared through the television screen. I couldn't help but be drawn to the sounds of the thrashing guitar perfectly complementing the lead singer Colin MacDonald's booming voice, which can now be recognized anywhere. Needless to say, I bought the album a day later. [...]

• The Trews - Man Of Two Minds
• The Trews - Paranoid Freak