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My brother-in-law (who’s younger and, without a doubt, way cooler than I am) shares my love of music (though he goes a step further, and he actually plays it, while I stick to listening, since I regrettably gave up on clarinet lessons long ago). In the five years that we’ve known each other, we’ve regularly broadened each other’s musical horizons. We’ve borrowed each other’s CDs. I’ve shared my love of bands like Soul Coughing. And he’s introduced me to all the up-and-coming bands that Toronto has to offer. On a recent visit, he pulled out Redblack, the new EP by Toronto band Grand:pm—and I was hooked right from the first beat.
Grand:pm takes the sound of modern bands like The Killers and Weezer and throws in a little retro twist, with the occasional synthesizer, drum machine beat, and plenty of other quirky sounds to make Redblack something different and fun. From the title anti-love song to the mellow, melancholy “Do-over” to the catchy “Cat People” (which, at times, sounds a little bit like an 80s sitcom themesong…in a good way), the album is full of infectious beats and unexpected sounds that work so very well. You’ll find plenty of touches here and there that hint to influences by artists from the last few decades—but the end product is totally unique and well worth checking out.
For more information about Grand:pm (and to check out a couple of the songs from Redblack) visit Grandpm.net.
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