I usually let Wade take care of Canadian stuff but today I decided to write up a quick post about Ruby Coast, a great indie pop/rock band hailing from Ontario.
While sifting through the Panic Manual mailbag I came across an email about Ruby Coast describing them ‘a 5-piece jangly indie rock band from the suburbs of Toronto’. Well I likes me some jangle and do enjoy visiting Toronto suburbs (Brampton son, what?) so I proceeded to download promo EP and you know what? It is good fun.
Musically Ruby Coast have that distinct Canadian indie rock sound. By that I mean they sound like Tokyo Police Club complete with all members shouting at the same time during songs. What sets them apart is a more upbeat poppy sound and they ‘caw! caw!’ like a crow on the track titled ‘Brittle Bones’. The EP clocks in at a quick but fun 16 minutes and is sure to please indie pop and rock fans alike.
Their bio on the press release is pretty good. That and I’m too lazy to write one on my own:
It’s pretty certain that Aurora, Ontario’s Ruby Coast are every
guidance counsellor’s worst nightmare. On the day everyone was to
fill out their college apps in home room, Keith, Nathan, Mark and
Corey left theirs entirely blank – meanwhile, Justice’s simply read
“rock n’ roll”. Getting up every morning and getting dressed for work
was lacking appeal; days spent writing music in an old barn in
Toronto’s suburbs was a no-brainer. But the real problem from the
teacher’s perspective is that now they’re serving as an example to
their peers that life as a rock band is a legitimate option.
Ruby Coast are having their EP Release Party at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto this Friday (Nov 7th). Be sure to check them out and instead of caw cawing along to Brittle Bones, I dare you to do this.
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