Sometimes an album hits our sweet spot as if it was created to do just than only for us. Of course, we are way too jaded to entertain that conceit for more than a moment. But the satisfaction with Waiting Here, the new album by Vancouver's Tough Age, remains long after we remind ourselves of our relative unimportance in the music world. Of course, a band with influences such as The Clean, The Bats, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo, and Guided by Voices is sure to attract our attention. But the music only works because the songwriting is sharp and the performances on point, and Tough Age meets those standards with room to spare. There is a certain indie pop perfection to hitting the bullseye with simultaneously projecting sincerity but not appearing to be straining too hard. And to be perfectly honest, a few of these songs could easily move into the top ten songs of Tough Age's Kiwi influences if they had recorded them, and you can't do better than that.Tough Age are Jarrett Evan Sampson (guitar/vocals/keys), Lauren Smith (bass/vocals), and Jesse Locke (drums/percussion). Waiting Here is out now in vinyl and digital formats via We Are Time (Canada) and Bobo Integral (rest of the world).
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