Thinking about…The High Tide Club by The Poles
Coming up on two years of The High Tide Club album, I thought it would be fitting to write my thoughts on my favourite album by my favourite band! Hearing this album for the first time was an unforgettable experience – it completely subverted what I expected of The Poles’ sound. It was unlike anything I’d heard before and yet I loved it wholeheartedly! It was impossible to pick any favourites – as I played the album through, I loved each new track I heard more than the last. There are truly no skips! I would say this album is full of youthful camaraderie, comfort and love. Only a band with Daniel Kim as its songwriter would feature an album completely about comforting the people dear to you through the ups and downs of life. I think when we seek out comfort during hard times, we might do so in two different ways. The first involves forgetting our worries and letting loose to release our frustrations – a theme featured in the first four tracks of the album. However, sometimes we need to...