It seems pretty fortuitous that Ontario’s Danny Laj discovered his love of music via The Beatles at the impressionable age of nine. Because much like that Liverpool band, Laj and his group The Looks, manage to wind in and out of genres and musical styles on the brilliant Ten Easy Pieces, not sticking to a strict template. Though power pop is at the core of the record, there are flourishes of psychedelic, garage rock, and straight-up pop wrapped over the dozen songs that make up the album. The opening, “Smile,” sounding like The Posies and Fastball trying to outdo each other writing the most infectious pop song, is a brilliant intro to what follows. And “You And Me,” the record’s first single, is just as catchy. “You & Me is a 60s-esque pop love blender with seven lines of lyrics, conta...
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