It’s been three years since these Canadian punks Single Mothers released their debut album ‘Negative Qualities’ but after a bit of a wait, they’re back with a new LP!. ‘Our Pleasure’ is released through Big Scary Monsters on 16th June and comes after singer Drew Thomson spent about a year casually floating around Ontario doing a number of odd jobs. In the end though, trying to do the normal 9-5 was a bit of a grind, and he felt like he just had to get back into the studio, taking the group to Jukasa, located on the Ohsweken Native reserve about half an hour away from Hamilton. Despite not having any songs (or even enough band members) at first though, they pieced ‘Our Pleasure’ together. Speaking of how he sees the band now, Thomson explained in a statement: “I look at Single Mothers now more as a vessel that I’m happy to be riding in, or an apartment that people come to visit and leave little things behind in […] A couple beers or a shirt, or a poster on the wall, and those things build up and either make a home or just a pile of junk. It’s up to us to decide.” Single Mothers LP opener ‘Undercover.’ It’s less than three minutes of clashing drums, explosive riffs and Drew continuing to spit out lyrics that mash up an outsider’s perspective on society with religious banter.
