I should be working on my novel, but instead, I'm going to spend five minutes telling you why I like The Weakerthans:• They are Canadian.
• Their lyrics are deadpan, self-deprecating, literate, and lovely.
• The cover art for this album was done by Marcel Dzama, another Canadian.
• They alternately rock and alt-country up the place.
• It's Valentine's Day, and I don't really have much criticism in my heart: the album congeals, with two standout songs: "Plea From a Cat Named Virtue" and "One Great City!". The former is about a cat whose owner seems depressed; the latter is about exactly how much Winnipeg sucks. That's some pretty awesome songwriting right there.
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