Credits:

Ducks Ltd

Description:

On their earliest recordings (the EP Get Bleak and debut full-length Modern Fiction, both released in 2021), Torontos Ducks Ltd. called heavily upon the chiming guitar sound and wistful romanticism of touchstone indie pop acts like Felt, Orange Juice, and the Feelies without being wholly swallowed by their influences. The bands ability to nod to these inspirations while writing songs from personalized perspectives made their albums feel less like homage and more like a continuation of the great tradition of dour bedroom-pop artistry. Their sophomore LP, Harms Way, develops this individualism even further, taking the songwriting, arrangement, and production to deeper places than before. The first sweeping change comes with the production. While earlier output was self-produced and recorded at home in the bands basement studio, this time they traveled to Chicago to work with producer Dave Vettraino