Wildlife

Wildlife are five friends from around Ontario who got together to make some music in 2006 and have kinda been doing that ever since. Their goal is to make really fun songs with lots of pop pop pop. But they’re more than that. They stand apart from so many of Toronto’s bands because their music is loud yet so heart-felt, distinct for its punk-tinged ferocity and truly unique melodies. And as for style, who do they sound like? It’s so hard to pin down, but it’s that raw, honest and emotional delivery that brings together a mix of so many things: a love for the old and the new, pushing forward while gripping on to the best of what’s come before. They’ve built something you can put your heart in.

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Wildlife’s debut Strike Hard, Young Diamond will be bigger than the aforementioned mountains – certainly much bigger than any mountains in Middle Canada. And like a loaded, five-man party sled to your heart, the record’s aim is true: youth is wide-eyed, carefree, and irresponsible and we’re all part of it. Thematically, the album furthers an understanding of what it is to be naïve and full of spark: it embraces our failures, nurtures our successes; and most importantly, it celebrates it. Though Strike Hard, Young Diamond has its sights set on creating light-hearted indie ballads to blast through your vintage speakers as the sun comes up after a long distant party, the record has a far greater heartfelt depth buried past it’s sweaty outer shell. And if the high-speed ambush of sleds and snowballs doesn’t surprise you, finding yourself in a record that is so exuberant and genuinely thoughtful very well may.