and constructs can be turned
inside out, flipped around, and
reimagined. Ought shows us what
that might sound like.
– Brennan Anderson
Ought | More Than Any
Other Day
Constellation
Babies born during times of civil
unrest are probably less likely to
watch sitcom television later in
life, because “the revolution will
not be televised.”
When four international
students at McGill University
were swept up in mass student
protests in Quebec over tuition
increases in 2012, politics, art,
activism, and indignation collided
and birthed a post-punk band.
Ought emerged with righteous
values painted on their sleeves
and wide-eyed idealism.
More Than Any Other Day
embodies the precariousness of
society and shows how change
is constant and ever waiting to
redefine the way forward. Guitars,
organs, and drums search for
new ideas until they collide and
explode in charging unity. Vocals
narrate in a shaky, melodious,
spoken-word style that is full
of passionate disenchantment.
These are sounds and emotions
that might gurgle and drone from
a bulging powder keg.
Art shows us that ideas
There are severed hands crawling
like bloody crabs across the sand!
There are monsters with prying
arms emanating from their
shoulders! But there is love and
care, and solutions to the world’s
problems as well. And, as you
take your headphones off, and
reemerge from the sketches of
Chad VanGaalen