Music

Track Of The Week: "You Can" by Tearjerker

by Chris Budd

Its been amazing to watch the recent buzz surrounding Toronto band Tearjerker around the release of their Hiding EP (out now on SQE Music). NPR, Nylon, and many more notables have all given praise to the band and their EP, most featuring their stellar track “You Can.” Its not exactly a new track for me, but I’ve loved it since I heard it the first time, and now worked it back into my rotation.

Tearjerker was born from the shared mindset that allowed for each member to play an equal part in the creative process. Since 2009, the band has released two albums, an EP, a few remix projects, and a handful of singles, completely independently. Everything from the writing, recording, production, and album artwork has come from the three of them. Tearjerker has even released special edition cassettes of their albums with handmade packaging, lending a personal, tangible feel to each offering.

Hiding’s gauzy, surging, shoegazy indie rock songs were written and recorded in the musicians’ homes in Toronto. Much of the music was recorded separately, in solitary circumstances, and then brought together to create the sprawling, layered melodies. Hiding also offers a preview of what’s to come on the band’s next full-length, which they are presently writing to release later in 2014.

Check out “You Can.”

The video was directed by Gökçe Erdem and is comprised entirely of found footage. Tearjerker‘s Micah Bonte says, “In my opinion the visuals fit perfect because the song is about appreciating the present time and making the most of it because as the song says ‘you can’t bring it back but you can make it last.”