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One of the best singles so far this year from a somewhat obscure band from Toronto. I Believe in the Good of Life starts off with a repetitive strummed chord but soon breaks into a lush production with folky violins, a galloping beat and a tune actually uplifting enough to match its song title.
It sounds nothing like anything else around at the moment - if you try to imagine Jethro Tull covering a Stereolab track you might be halfway there, but the end result is a far cry from either band.
Apparently led by one slightly eccentric Joel Gibb (who has a tendency to write songs called Ode to Self-Publishing (Fear of 'Zine Failure) and Worms Cannot Swim Nor Can They Walk), the band number more than a dozen. Both of these factors may explain strong similarities in sound to the Polyphonic Spree, and this song certainly deserves some of the success enjoyed by the Spree. May the campaign to get this song into the charts start right here.
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