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On the surface, “Lonely Show,” the new single from Toronto band, MAVIS, is a sad song. It’s a Jason Molina-esque lyrical fantasy about longing for the ecstasy of youth and young love long in the rearview mirror. Musically, however, the song is a celebration. They tear through the track with the summery punk energy that would fit alongside “Soda” by Gob on Warped Tour.
It’s pop punk for sure, but that’s not all of what’s going on here. Sure, they have all the highlights of the genre—the endless hooks, the bombastic chorus, the reckless abandon. But in “Lonely Show,” the boys linger on the riffs, they take their time, they marinate in the instrumental breaks and the multipart harmonies and the crashing conclusion. On “Lonely Show,” they play like they’re four guys who just want to drink beer and play loud guitars in the garage on a summer evening.
For a Toronto punk band, they’re a lot weirder than their contemporaries. They’re Sum-41 if Sum-41 had grown up downloading Pavement on Limewire instead of swiping their fathers’ Judas Priest records. And unlike the pop-punks of the 2000s, they don’t truck with irony. They write with softness and feeling. Like the Menzingers, this is punk music for grownups. It’s music for people who let loose in the mosh pit so they can for a moment stop thinking about their credit scores - BC Booney.
credits
released February 14, 2024
Patrick Gilson - Vocals, Guitar
Michael Batruch - Guitar
Devon Golding - Bass, background vocals
Mathieu Perrier - Drums
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Drive Studios by Steve Rizun
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