New Music Monday #5 - Cardinal Chase
I’m sure no one noticed, but I missed yet another Monday. Whoops. Only five days until Christmas (since it’s past midnight), and, well, here is lucky number five!
Last Friday, I went to the third annual illScarlett Christmas Party with one of my oldest friends Ruby. It had been 7.5 years since I saw illScarlett live for the first time, and 5.5 years since I last saw them perform, which I believe was at Edgefest 2 in 2006 (my first illScarlett show was in 2004 at The 360s on Queen St. That club no longer exists.) And at the Christmas Party at The Opera House, there were three opening acts; Cardinal Chase was the third.
As soon as CC came out, you could tell they looked young. As it turns out, they are only 19. To be frank, I was expecting a crappy high school band and prepped myself for a long set of dreaded music. But within a minute into their set, the four guys from Mississauga blew me away. They had a good set of vocals, clearly knew how to rock out with their instruments, and did not look like a bunch of teenage amateurs.
Cardinal Chase did two covers, which we particularly loved: Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” (view here) and Linkin Park and Jay Z’s “Numb” (see above video). I want to type in full caps: the really cool guy with the dreads even played a frickin’ bass! They even had their own horn section of three guys in white button-up tops, sunglasses and suspenders. Nineteen-year-olds from suburbia GTA have never looked this cool and sounded this good.
If they keep this up, I wouldn’t be surprised if they make it big.
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New Music Monday highlights my favourite new musical discoveries. The series will encourage me to actively seek new music and (hopefully) encourage others to open their ears to something new. Got a recommendation? Write me!
