Bend Sinister — Bend Sinister EP

Bend Sinister are that band who you thought you didn't like, but then three days after hearing one of their songs, you catch yourself singing it while you walk down the street. The Vancouver-based act have been likened to Supertramp and tagged with every label in the pop/rock canon, most often "prog." But it's safe to say that this is what Hawksley Workman would sound like if he hadn't turned into a wuss after his first album. Song after song, the group start out with deceptively sweet piano-driven balladry and then inevitably explode into ridiculously catchy pop. It's only a five-track EP, but this self-titled, digital-only release feels as filling as a full-length. If commercial radio gets a hold of this stuff, we'll never hear the end of it.

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