In its stead? A new, more robust rhythm section, thanks to Matty Grace on bass and Meg Yoshida on drums. It’s the perfect foil for the sugar rush of Song’s vocals, and helps both band and listener make good on the promise of dancing your worries away. I think we all want to do something that is nice, instead of cool,” Song told The Coast back in 2016. “At the beginning of this, the concept was not to try to be cool, because if everybody was trying to be nice, the world would be a better place. Five years and three Century Egg albums later, it’s a vision worth holding and humming along to.
Little Piece of Hair is a joyful rebellion for those trapped in their minds. With most people confined to their homes, too, the six-song EP provides sweet release for all their pent-up energy. The Halifax quartet project their exuberant, rough-around-the-edges racket in an attempt to bring down the mental and physical walls around them.
Like Century Egg s 2020 EP,
We Can Play, their latest offering contains no shortage of earworms. Shane Keyu Song s voice still bobs atop Robert Drisdelle s thick-cut and cutting guitar lines like a buoy behind a speeding boat. But on
Little Piece of Hair, the band s new rhythm section, drummer Meg Yoshida (Not You) and bassist Matty Grace (Cluttered, Future Girls), steers Century Egg in a heavier direction.
Genre: Classic rock
Key track: Stop Bitching, Do Something
Of all the musicians to come out of the British Invasion, few have had careers as consistently praised as Northern Irish soul singer Van Morrison.
Where so many of his peers have been running on empty or recycling past glories, Morrison has been incredibly prolific. But when you are cranking out albums as solid as 2019s Three Chords and the Truth, there is nothing wrong with releasing one record after the next. That the singer is notoriously cranky was balanced out by his considerable talents. Until now, that is.
With Latest Record Project Volume 1, Morrison has managed to come up with what could become a whole new genre: Classic Curmudgeon Rock.