: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: PACKS : Album.......: Take The Cake : : Label.......: Firet Talk / Royal Mountain Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2021-08-11 Str.date....: 2021-07-09 Quality.....: 249kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://packstheband.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Divine Giggling 1:13 2. Clingfilm 2:38 3. New TV 2:03 4. Two Hands 2:21 5. Hangman 2:23 6. My Dream 1:43 7. Hold My Hand 1:30 8. Holy Water 2:14 9. Silvertongue 2:54 10. Blow by the Wind 2:16 11. U Can Wish All U Want 2:40 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 23:55 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 45.01 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: TorontoÆs PACKS make music thatÆs like leafing through a diary :, : entry of a time without visible movement, a subtle beauty that : :' appears only when paying close attention. A series of ': ,: intriguing, lo-fi singles trickled out on Bandcamp, and on the :, : strength of these demos alone the band began sharing stages with : :' artists such as Odetta Hartman. Less a band that is a product ': ,: of the internet than one whose quiet and acute observations make :, : them impossible to be ignored, the quartet led by Madeline Link : :' has carved out a growing space past the Canadian country lines ': ,: where their initial demos were born. Written in two different :, : settings, between the city limits of Toronto where Link was : :' living in 2019, and the Ottawa suburbs where she was ': ,: quarantined with her parents in the spring 2020, both remain :, : complementary emblems of self-reflection and wry observation of : :' the mundanity of daily life. ': ,: :, : ôThe album is a meeting of old and new,ö says Link. ôOld songs : :' from a year ago where I'm having really horrifyingly awful days ': ,: at work, getting doored while biking in Toronto and flying into :, : the middle of the street, or going on dates with guys who I'm : :' either instantly in love with, or who end up creeping me out a ': ,: bit. Those songs are more packed with that feeling of :, : hurtling-through-time-and-space-at-breakneck-speed, manic : :' energy. The newer songs are infused with a foggier, ': ,: slower-paced disillusionment, and deal with the strangeness of a :, : reality morphing before my eyes every day. I still try to be : :' optimistic obviously, but these songs are really glorified ': ,: coping mechanisms.ö :, : : :' Initially a solo songwriting project of LinkÆs that she pursued ': ,: between gigs as a set dresser for commercials, the band :, : blossomed into a four piece, composed of Shane Hooper (drums), : :' Noah OÆNeil (bass), and Dexter Nash (lead guitar). Anchored by ': ,: LinkÆs voice, which brings such an easy charm to her songs that :, : itÆs easy to miss her keen ear for acrobatic vocal lines, : :' together they turn LinkÆs melodically adventurous and ': ,: introspective songs into the purest and brightest kind of indie :, : rock. The bandÆs debut is a collection of songs that marry the : :' loose but incisive jangle of early Pavement with the barbed ': ,: sweetness of Sebadoh and the wide-eyed wonder of the first Shins :, : LP. It will be released in partnership with buzzy Brooklyn label : :' Fire Talk (Dehd, Deeper, Mamalarky), and Toronto mainstays ': ,: Royal Mountain (Alvvays, Wild Pink, Mac Demarco). :, : : :' ItÆs an enchanting record with a transportive quality. The ': ,: songs communicate LinkÆs perspective acutely, with details that :, : stand out in their specificity yet feel naturally at ease with : :' melody and a loose charm that make the album feel timeless, ': ,: like one that could have emerged from any of a number of ôgolden :, : ages of indie rock.ö PACKSÆ songs have a way of creeping up on : :' you, and showing new depth with each listen. Be it a subtle ': ,: harmony, a zig-zagging melodic turn, or LinkÆs lyrics, which :, : wring a commandeering poetry out of every-day building-blocks as : :' she navigates the growing pains that linger beyond adolescence ': ,: ù finding your bearings after a breakup, feeling directionless, :, : processing loss. ôMy guts are wrapped in clingfilm / my guts are : :' wrapped up tight / and if youÆre going to put me in your ': ,: backpack I will putrefyö goes a particularly arresting lyric on :, : ôClingfilm,ö articulately describing in LinkÆs own incisive : :' language the alienating experience of dating after a break-up ': ,: Each razor-sharp nugget of wry wisdom depicts its own scene of :, : sonic touchstones: on the dreamy ôU Can Wish All You Want,ö she : :' sings about moving in with her sister and struggling to adjust ': ,: to living in the city around a neatly subverted butterfly :, : metaphor, where on ôTwo Handsö she poignantly describes the : :' eeriness of walking around the neighborhood she grew up in ': ,: after the world has changed around it, while in the same turn :, : referencing the Simpsons. : :' ': ,: Recently completing an artist residency in Mexico, LinkÆs :, : aptitude and enthusiasm for a myriad of multidisciplinary : :' subjects all trickles back to her overarching approach towards ': ,: the subject matter she ruminates on in her songs. ôWhile in :, : Mexico, I constructed paper machΘ objects and documented myself : :' destroying them. I also wrote and presented PowerPoint ': ,: presentations juxtaposing the most disparate chain of :, : research/ideas together to activate that part of your brain : :' thatÆs constantly trying to make logical connections where ': ,: there are none.ö Call it world-building on a miniature scale: a :, : more apt way to describe it would be a careful collaging, making : :' sense of catastrophic loss and tiny signposts that point to ': ,: something greater than the sum of its parts. :, : : :' Throughout the chaos of everyday life, itÆs impossible not to ': ,: feel charmed by LinkÆs innate understanding of the little things :, : that make the universe tick, and her sonic accompaniments make : :' the simple task of getting from point A to B a journey that ': ,: lends a little more spring to your step. Most daydreams feel :, : less realistic; in PACKSÆ world the two are just what you make : :' it. As society begins to open back up, Take the Cake is a ': ,: reminder that sometimes a little gentle introspection is all we :, : really need to get by. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/