The Weakerthans


My love for the Weakerthans has played an essential role in my discovery of the music I now love. I remember listening to the first Sub City compilation and being into bands like Scared of Chaka and Algebra One, pop-punk which was all pretty similar. The Weakerthans had a track on the comp, an old version of "Everything Must Go." It was different - hushed and actually sung, slow and sad and pretty. I bought their first album, Fallow, out of curiosity, hoping to find more of what intrigued me in the first place. That album was good, but it was really the next one which won me over. Left and Leaving, in my opinion, remains the best of their three albums, although their latest is great as well, if only because it has "One Great City!" on it.

From Left and Leaving:

The Weakerthans - Aside

The Weakerthans - Everything Must Go! (from Radiofreeinternet)

From their latest, Reconstruction Site:

The Weakerthans - The Reasons

The Weakerthans - Plea From A Cat Named Virtue

Bonus video! From the Watermark EP

The Weakerthans - Watermark (video)

Enjoy.