Kasador has been busy. Over the past two years, the Kingston, Ontario band released their second full-length, 2023’s Youth, toured across Canada and the U.S., and went from a three-piece to a four-piece outfit. They hit major streaming milestones, won awards for their music videos, and scored spots on national Hockey Night in Canada and MLB broadcasts—the sort of successes every rock band dreams of. But as much as they’re interested in success, Kasador—vocalist/guitarist Cameron Wyatt, guitarist Thomas Draper, bassist Boris Baker, and drummer Stephen Adubofuor—are interested in simply being a great rock and roll band in a time when connection, friction, and unpredictability are whittled away in favor of algorithmically dictated sameness. More than ever, they’re committed to loud, catchy, confrontational guitar music as a weapon against corporate power, plutocracy, and our great collective numbness. This is the clearest and most direct they’ve ever been. Uncoincidentally, it’s also the most fed-up they’ve ever been. This is dressed-down, cheeky, pirate-radio indie-rock. It’s tender and carefully considered, but also raw and wild and burnt around the edges, a sonic and compositional thumbprint that nods to classic and alternative rock history while pushing into something new, something exciting. If you want more dirty, raw, celebratory rock and roll in your life, stay tuned. Help is on the way.