On the 20th anniversary of Reconstruction Site, we've ranked the 15 greatest Weakerthans songs. Check out the full list here.
is about “ideas of redemption, ideas of utility, of using the materials at hand to try and make a life that makes sense. I guess, in a way, it is a little bit more upbeat [than previous albums].” It makes sense that the album’s nucleus—the song that most closely speaks to this thesis—is the joyous, sunkissed title track.
We can see that place: the maroon shag carpet and lumpy bedspread, a temporary shield from outside stressors, so long asis present. Indeed, to me, “My Favourite Chords” presents the Weakerthans’ most lucid antidote to life’s muck and mire. We can be angry, idealistic and tuned in to all the shit afflicting us, our town, our world—the murderous mayors and cold-blooded developers, runaway cats and hospital visits—but we need to share the load. We get our power from other people.
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