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Its a weird time to be a rock band right now, observes Max Kerman, the singer, guitarist and chief songwriter for the Arkells. I just feel like rock has gotten so conservative and doesnt know where to go. To be honest, I dont really listen to a lot of rock music right now.
Thats not a radical statement for your average twenty-something in this EDM dominated era, but its a bit surprising coming from a guitar-slinging guy whose band seemingly personifies a certain old-school ethic. Hailing from a gritty industrial town, the Arkells have notched four Juno Awards and a gold record on their sweat-rusted belts, proving theres still a place for passionate, no bullshit rock n soul in the mainstream. (In 2015, they were the most-played band on Canadian alt-rock radio.) But the groups new album, Morning Report, betrays a more irreverent, adventurous ethos that more readily recalls the cut-and-paste approach of hip-hop beatmakers than the plug-and-play attack of a live rock band, with clicj tracked rhythms, subliminal samples, electronic pulses and sax violins threaded into the richly textured mix.
Upbeat folk songs with the manic intensity of a punk band NY Times
Private school is a perfect representation of the band: its got personality, it moves fast, the music is incredible, its crazy fun and its absurdly good James Kurdziel, WEDG Buffalo
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