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With their debut EP, local quartet Boys Who Say No add a well-crafted and delightfully tough-to-pin-down pop sound to Toronto’s diverse sonic landscape. After purveying shameless parlour pop on It’s A Shame, a tune with an irresistibly bouncy hook that’s all too short, they switch gears into wistful, heartfelt country twang on the melancholy Wheelwright.
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Accordion, banjo, melodica and ukulele weave in and out of the core rock set-up. Singer/guitarist Luke Correia-Damude sports powerful pipes and impressive vocal range and dexterity, a skill he showcases on the fast-talking, tongue-in-cheek No I Won’t, and the powerful opener, Sane Ones.
Top track: Sane Ones
Boys Who Say No say yes to the Drake Underground Thursday (February 26).
