Bold Saber

Keith McLean? No, he left days ago. He did leave this letter for you though!

Let me tell you about Bold Saber.

I first saw Bold Saber a few weeks ago at the EP release show for Rival Boys (another Toronto based band) and my life will never be the same. They walked onto the stage, in full glory, and I was immediately infatuated with them. The lead singer/guitarist (Drue Langlois) was accompanied by the drummer (Laura Rafferty) and he was wearing something that I can only describe as … a half of a kimono cross-bred with my perfect idea of a superhero’s costume. The guitarist had a bewildered and confused look on his face, and then he started to play.

Their musical style is difficult to describe. It’s a rocky, poppy, fun sounding mish mash of sounds that seem like they are being produced by a retired and bitter children’s show host. It’s almost as if Ween had a baby with Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, but it was raised by They Might Be Giants. It just has this strange and wonderful tone that makes me feel confused and happy in the strangest way.

At the back of the bar, at the merch’ tables was something quite magical. Among Bold Saber CDs, there were felt dolls and toys, and t-shirts with felt Bold Saber logos sewn onto them, all hand-made. It was by far the most work, and love, and care I had ever seen put into band merchandise in my life. They went beyond the cute indie appeal of having home-made CDs and posters and made fucking toys! Beautiful!

If you are in Toronto, this is a band to check out. They are artists, plain and simple. Their (awesome) music, is only the beginning of what this band is artistically (Drue’s website is over here, if you want to look at some of his artwork).

Needless to say I will be checking out their next show, and I will post my account of it, in a little more detail.

Bold Saber are my Beatles.

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