Latest posts by William Brookson (see all)
- “Beside You” is a Poignant Reflection on Love and Home from Canada’s Robert Thomas and the sessionmen - February 20, 2025
- Toronto’s Keegan Powell & The Jetpacks Deliver a Blazing Mix of Shoegaze and Indie Rock with “Beginning of Life” / “My Maker” - February 19, 2025
- Toronto’s Jordan Venn and the Slizneys Deliver Hard-Hitting New Single, “♡WWI>SPQR♡,” from ‘M@GIC W*RDS’ - February 18, 2025
“I saw an angel in the marble and I carved till I set him free.” A Michelangelo quote that would be etched in Bobby Parent’s mind as he started on his new journey in sobriety. A journey that, at first, would uncover painful truths before revealing the genuine beauty and generosity of others.
New single, “Dogs,” came about in a day as Parent was recovering from alcoholism and looking after a friend’s house in the Ottawa suburbs. Partly an observation of those suburbs but mostly a message of a need to reconcile his life from being an outsider in the throes of alcoholism, the weight of each lyric is countered by a lively, upbeat rhythm.
