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December 2008

CAMPUS

PANTHER POST

Roberts sets end-of-semester pub aflame

Musician Sam Roberts sat down with entertainment reporter Whitney Bysterveldt to talk about his new record and the state of music today

By Whitney Bysterveldt Panther Post

Sam Roberts and company rebound from the sombre tone of Chemical City to pay homage to the roots of rock and roll with their fourth full length album Love At the End of the World. A throw- back to the simplicity in- herent of rhythm and blues, Roberts reaffirms his place in the upper echelons of the Canadian music industry. A strange juxtaposition con- sidering the major theme of this latest album is a critical contrast to the very industry

the Sam Roberts band pre- vails in.

The first single “Them Kids” presents that resis- tance with a catchy critique of the modern age taking shots at youth culture, technology and the ostentatious clout of the music industry. The self- proclaimed “keepers of the backbeat” voice their refusal to reconcile their music style with the modern industry’s expectations.

“IT can’t sell my songs so I’m gonna have to give ‘em away” says everything.

Although Roberts was only asked to have a few words with the Post he proved to

have a wealth of them to im- part when questioned about his new album:

With the first single being “Them Kids” you made your frustration with the nature of today’s music ob- vious. What do you think is the problem with mod- ern music if any?

It was just a raw outpouring of emotion. Trying to express your frustration with some- thing, in this case music and the direction its headed.

The bastardization of some- thing that was and is meant to be pure but then I realize this is as much an expression

of my own fears and para- noia as it is an actual state- ment about where music is at today. }

The thing is music changes constantly, people’s tastes play constantly it’s like an Olympic torch being passed from one generation to the next and there’s always that friction. During the passing of the torch there’s a period when the previous genera- tion feels that the new crop, or breed, doesn’t really have their head around the prin- ciples that made it great to begin with. That’s what this is about and it will continue to evolve.

It will continue to change and at some point you have to recognize the fact that the way you see it isn’t neces- sarily the way it’s going to be forever and that applies to many different things in life not just music so I start to re- alize that this song is about a lot of things but more than anything it’s just about rec- ognizing your own place in a world and how it’s always going to be a precarious one and that the ground under- neath you just shifts con- stantly and you have to be adaptable to it.

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