Good Grief

Good Grief – Pave the Way

In the year of 2018, a nuclear fusion formed in the core of a band named GOOD GRIEF. Hamilton Ontario exploded with sound, and nothing was the same again. Their debut EP ‘Ouside The Off Licence’ droped in June of this year and that fusion we mentioned, went mental. Raucous, driven, punk, rock – all the stuff that you and we love dearly. ‘Pave The Way’ is that gateway drug of sonic experience that is ‘warming’ and ‘affectionate’. Well, as ‘warming’ and ‘affectionate’ as cold steel to your tongue, that is. But don’t worry. That parking space you passed by on a Saturday afternoon at the local mall will still bet there. That girl you thought was cute will still be there at the fountain, for you to get to your senses to go speak to her. And don’t worry your work at the office will get better and better as you get to know your co-workers. Just kidding. It’s too late. So, listen to GOOD GRIEF and just mosh a bit. Get it out of your system, will ya?! - Comeherefloyd

Hot damn! The debut EP from Hamilton's Good Grief is just gloriously fun. The four-piece churns out rollicking '77-style punk rock with such ferocity and lack of shame that it never stops to reflect on how ultimately goofy it is. I mean that as the highest compliment (it's how I feel about Vancouver's Chain Whip as well). Good Grief's secret weapon though is vocalist Dan Ashworth, who just happens to be English, replete with a heavy accent that gives these four songs an extra kick (and even if he isn't, his inflections fit the style they're playing like a glove). I can't listen to this without smiling like an idiot. The record even starts with a ridiculous theme song.

The band released Outside the Off Licence last week with a hometown show I missed like an idiot. The record came out June 7 on Trash Boy Records. - Someparty