The music made by William D’Amours, Quentin Chisolm, Pablo Garcia and Henry Girard, encapsulates everything we love about a great band. They are a group of friends, a gang whose individual talents are amplified by the chemistry the universe has thrown between them. It’s something that can’t be argued. Like lightning striking or a sinkhole collapsing, the evidence is there, but you are not quite sure where it came from. Their unique sound conjures up well-crafted rock 'n' roll meditations on the human condition, that are part heart and part adrenaline.
I remember where I was when I first listenined to The Wesleys debut EP “Outside Voices”, Petit Village Records (then Little Village Records) was nothing more than a logo on a scrap of paper. The band had just sent me the recordings in preparation for an episode of The Go-Go Radio Magic Show, in which The Wesleys would be interviewed. I was walking through a park, through a sunbeam slightly light-headed as “Find A Way” broke the silence and muted the city around me. It sounded urgent and felt thrilling as the music wrapped itself around me. I was filled with that feeling you get when you first discover a new favourite band, one that will go the distance within your life’s soundtrack. By the time the closing track “Get A Reaction” completed, I felt like I would give a year of your life to be a part of it. And then I listened to it again.
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