FEBRUARY 2009 - MONTREAL MIRROR - REVIEW

This 10-piece Toronto band makes traditional bangers, moaners, ballads and bluesers, with one stomping foot in roots (from plainly sung folk to clanging choral music), the other grounded at the crossroads of rigid indie rock and free post-rock. Lead vocalist Neil Haverty emits a gruff warmth complemented by the coo of co-singer Misha Bower and an all-female back-up choir, while acoustic and electric guitars roll alongside, and drums (used sparingly) build from a mere beat to a thunderous crash. As the tourism site for the band’s namesake (a little piece of Ontario between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron) says, “There is no end to the worlds you can discover in this wondrous place.”