Alright I'm new round here but I'll try to jump in on this thing since it's a new month and see if I can keep up.
Day 1: Workers Unite
The Weakerthans - Reunion Tour (2007 Epitaph / Anti )
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The Weakerthans came to mind pretty quickly when I saw the theme of working class music for whatever reason. I spent nearly four years in Ontario in my early twenties before moving back to the states, so there will always be a strong love for my Canadian neighbors. Got to see the band live once circa 2002 or 2003.
The first cut, 'Civil Twilight' is the lovelorn musings of a long-since-over-it bus driver at the end of yet another workday. 'Relative Surplus Value' may not be a blue collar tale, but it is another yarn of an employee reeling under job inflicted stressors.
Aging men hiding from their wives watching curling, the cyclical thrift store life of furniture, a band going about their job of just trying to make music for people. So many of John K Samson's songs are filled with stories about everyday folks, just trying to get through another day and figure out what the big picture is but also what all the little moments mean.