By Ben Boddez
Back-to-back sold-out shows, Vancouver got the full pop-prophet treatment from Canada’s biggest pop export.
renforshort – dear amelia
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by Ben Boddez
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As pop-punk storms back into the forefront of culture, nobody did it better this year than this 20-year-old Torontonian. Though modern-day figurehead Travis Barker does appear on one track, the combination of renforshort’s blunt songwriting and bouncier Strokes-esque pop-rock sound makes her work stand out from the pack of seemingly increasingly samey tunes in the mainstream.
With an overarching concept of a self-help column and lyrics examining struggling to stay true to herself amid various social pressures, her idolization of the genre contributes to some truly anthemic choruses and heart wrenching imagery delivered by a strikingly emotive voice.
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RANGE editor Cam Delisle unpacks his first time at the crown jewel of Quebec City’s festival circuit.
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