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: Artist......: PACKS
: Album.......: Take The Cake :
: Label.......: Firet Talk / Royal Mountain Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Indie :
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; Rip.date....: 2021-08-11
Str.date....: 2021-07-09
Quality.....: 249kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
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1. Divine Giggling 1:13
2. Clingfilm 2:38
3. New TV 2:03
4. Two Hands 2:21
5. Hangman 2:23
6. My Dream 1:43
7. Hold My Hand 1:30
8. Holy Water 2:14
9. Silvertongue 2:54
10. Blow by the Wind 2:16
11. U Can Wish All U Want 2:40
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,: TorontoÆs PACKS make music thatÆs like leafing through a diary :,
: entry of a time without visible movement, a subtle beauty that :
:' appears only when paying close attention. A series of ':
,: intriguing, lo-fi singles trickled out on Bandcamp, and on the :,
: strength of these demos alone the band began sharing stages with :
:' artists such as Odetta Hartman. Less a band that is a product ':
,: of the internet than one whose quiet and acute observations make :,
: them impossible to be ignored, the quartet led by Madeline Link :
:' has carved out a growing space past the Canadian country lines ':
,: where their initial demos were born. Written in two different :,
: settings, between the city limits of Toronto where Link was :
:' living in 2019, and the Ottawa suburbs where she was ':
,: quarantined with her parents in the spring 2020, both remain :,
: complementary emblems of self-reflection and wry observation of :
:' the mundanity of daily life. ':
,: :,
: ôThe album is a meeting of old and new,ö says Link. ôOld songs :
:' from a year ago where I'm having really horrifyingly awful days ':
,: at work, getting doored while biking in Toronto and flying into :,
: the middle of the street, or going on dates with guys who I'm :
:' either instantly in love with, or who end up creeping me out a ':
,: bit. Those songs are more packed with that feeling of :,
: hurtling-through-time-and-space-at-breakneck-speed, manic :
:' energy. The newer songs are infused with a foggier, ':
,: slower-paced disillusionment, and deal with the strangeness of a :,
: reality morphing before my eyes every day. I still try to be :
:' optimistic obviously, but these songs are really glorified ':
,: coping mechanisms.ö :,
: :
:' Initially a solo songwriting project of LinkÆs that she pursued ':
,: between gigs as a set dresser for commercials, the band :,
: blossomed into a four piece, composed of Shane Hooper (drums), :
:' Noah OÆNeil (bass), and Dexter Nash (lead guitar). Anchored by ':
,: LinkÆs voice, which brings such an easy charm to her songs that :,
: itÆs easy to miss her keen ear for acrobatic vocal lines, :
:' together they turn LinkÆs melodically adventurous and ':
,: introspective songs into the purest and brightest kind of indie :,
: rock. The bandÆs debut is a collection of songs that marry the :
:' loose but incisive jangle of early Pavement with the barbed ':
,: sweetness of Sebadoh and the wide-eyed wonder of the first Shins :,
: LP. It will be released in partnership with buzzy Brooklyn label :
:' Fire Talk (Dehd, Deeper, Mamalarky), and Toronto mainstays ':
,: Royal Mountain (Alvvays, Wild Pink, Mac Demarco). :,
: :
:' ItÆs an enchanting record with a transportive quality. The ':
,: songs communicate LinkÆs perspective acutely, with details that :,
: stand out in their specificity yet feel naturally at ease with :
:' melody and a loose charm that make the album feel timeless, ':
,: like one that could have emerged from any of a number of ôgolden :,
: ages of indie rock.ö PACKSÆ songs have a way of creeping up on :
:' you, and showing new depth with each listen. Be it a subtle ':
,: harmony, a zig-zagging melodic turn, or LinkÆs lyrics, which :,
: wring a commandeering poetry out of every-day building-blocks as :
:' she navigates the growing pains that linger beyond adolescence ':
,: ù finding your bearings after a breakup, feeling directionless, :,
: processing loss. ôMy guts are wrapped in clingfilm / my guts are :
:' wrapped up tight / and if youÆre going to put me in your ':
,: backpack I will putrefyö goes a particularly arresting lyric on :,
: ôClingfilm,ö articulately describing in LinkÆs own incisive :
:' language the alienating experience of dating after a break-up ':
,: Each razor-sharp nugget of wry wisdom depicts its own scene of :,
: sonic touchstones: on the dreamy ôU Can Wish All You Want,ö she :
:' sings about moving in with her sister and struggling to adjust ':
,: to living in the city around a neatly subverted butterfly :,
: metaphor, where on ôTwo Handsö she poignantly describes the :
:' eeriness of walking around the neighborhood she grew up in ':
,: after the world has changed around it, while in the same turn :,
: referencing the Simpsons. :
:' ':
,: Recently completing an artist residency in Mexico, LinkÆs :,
: aptitude and enthusiasm for a myriad of multidisciplinary :
:' subjects all trickles back to her overarching approach towards ':
,: the subject matter she ruminates on in her songs. ôWhile in :,
: Mexico, I constructed paper machΘ objects and documented myself :
:' destroying them. I also wrote and presented PowerPoint ':
,: presentations juxtaposing the most disparate chain of :,
: research/ideas together to activate that part of your brain :
:' thatÆs constantly trying to make logical connections where ':
,: there are none.ö Call it world-building on a miniature scale: a :,
: more apt way to describe it would be a careful collaging, making :
:' sense of catastrophic loss and tiny signposts that point to ':
,: something greater than the sum of its parts. :,
: :
:' Throughout the chaos of everyday life, itÆs impossible not to ':
,: feel charmed by LinkÆs innate understanding of the little things :,
: that make the universe tick, and her sonic accompaniments make :
:' the simple task of getting from point A to B a journey that ':
,: lends a little more spring to your step. Most daydreams feel :,
: less realistic; in PACKSÆ world the two are just what you make :
:' it. As society begins to open back up, Take the Cake is a ':
,: reminder that sometimes a little gentle introspection is all we :,
: really need to get by. :
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