In the ever-competitive battle for the position of Canada’s most exciting new band, there’s always a new darling poised to take over the throne. This week, Say Us throws Zeus firmly into the mix. After spending years cutting its teeth as Jason Collett’s backing band, Zeus’s debut full-length (borrowing three songs from last year’s Sounds Like Zeus EP) is an exercise in more-comfortable-than-they-should-be rock ’n’ roll confidence. Opener “How Does It Feel?” revels in studio gadgetry, throwing voices and instruments from speaker to speaker. “Kindergarten” toys with the perfect balance of fuzzed-out guitar and buoyant melodies. “Marching Through Your Head” sounds like it’s been ripped right from the grooves of Magical Mystery Tour.
Zeus exudes an old-soul sensibility — its guitar tones recall The Beatles; its gang vocals The Traveling Wilburys; the march-ready beats courtesy of The Kinks. Of course, Zeus is still aspiring to those lofty comparisons, but the conversation has begun.
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