They used to just be "The Pack"

November 11, 2011 6:25 PM

Bluesy Canadian garage duo The Pack A.D. has put out four albums in like five years, the most recent in September of this year.

I wish I had something more timely or in-depth, but instead, here's some videos (sorry in advance to folks who can't watch YouTube links):
Haunt You
Take (a video homage to Gary Numan's "Cars" video)
BC is on Fire
Making Gestures

Oh, and they'll be playing in Ontario in the middle of December.
I wish I was gonna be in Ontario in the middle of December.

posted by Mister Moofoo (13 comments total)

A wide selection of their tracks is available streaming on the CBC Radio 3 site. (The site will start playing the general-purpose radio stream, but you can listen to any of the tracks with the green play buttons on the right hand side of your screen, or play then entire list for a good hour of Pack A.D. radio.)

My personal fave song of theirs is Crazy, which is exactly like a track The White Stripes kept off of Elephant for fear of unleashing too much awesome in one CD. If Jack White was a chick from Vancouver, of course. The video may not be 100% work-safe, due to hilarious gender inversion of rap video cliches. (Sort of like a frat movie gratuitous bikini scene run through the Jailbreak The Patriarchy browser extension.)
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 7:29 PM on November 11, 2011

Now THAT is a music video.
posted by mek at 7:54 PM on November 11, 2011 [1 favorite]

I wish I was gonna be in Ontario in the middle of December.

This is probably the first time these words have ever been used.
posted by Hoopo at 8:58 PM on November 11, 2011 [4 favorites]

Much love for the Pack A.D. Well worth getting all their albums.

More songs on their CBC R3 page.
posted by arcticseal at 10:20 PM on November 11, 2011

Yeah, Hoopo, I'm sure winter there is intense, but I doubt the band will be coming to Pittsburgh any time soon.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 10:33 PM on November 11, 2011

Mid-December in niagara falls last year was snowy, but much easier to take than mid-December in Alberta
posted by Pruitt-Igoe at 11:08 PM on November 11, 2011

I have spent mid-december in both places--one is forgetting the lake. the lake of cold wet winds. the lake of sadness.
posted by PinkMoose at 11:24 PM on November 11, 2011

If Jack White was a chick from Vancouver, of course

Wait...he's not!?

*WORLD CRASHING*
posted by Fizz at 6:09 AM on November 12, 2011

Mister Moofoo: you mean coming back to Pittsburgh? They were doing a US tour this fall. Looks like they were in Pittsburgh ten days ago.
posted by aneel at 6:15 AM on November 12, 2011

SONOFA!!!
posted by Mister Moofoo at 6:47 AM on November 12, 2011 [1 favorite]

Is four albums in five years a big number or a small one?
posted by box at 6:06 PM on November 12, 2011

Compared to, say, Tool, I'd say it's pretty high.
As an average? Not sure.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 4:48 AM on November 13, 2011

My band has the same recording engineer. They are a class act, and have worked extremely hard for their success thus far.
posted by dobie at 5:48 PM on November 13, 2011