Script Flippers

posted in: Artist Features • Rock

There’s a natural tension that exists between opposites that some artists veer away from, and others dive headlong into. Trophy belongs to the latter group. Take them at their first few seconds of Bury Me and you’ll think they’re a heavy rock band full of storm and stress. In actuality, Trophy is a lot more placid. Bury Me quickly downshifts from clanging, careening guitars and crashing drums into a gentle, lapping melody that introduces the soft rasp of singer/guitarist Kirt Godwin (eerily similar to Jakob Dylan). Just like Bury Me, January begins with a sinister surge of guitars and drums, only to give way to acoustic guitars and feather-light vocals. But on How Did You Get This Way, Trophy switches gears for a vintage Brit rock stomper, full of percussive strumming and curling falsetto vocals. This Toronto-based band isn’t afraid of flipping the script. And that makes their dynamic rock infinitely more interesting.

“Bury Me” – Trophy