News: Ducks Ltd. Release Expanded Reissue for ‘Get Bleak’ EP

Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. (fka Ducks Unlimited) have dropped the expanded reissue of their debut EP, Get Bleak, through Carpark Records. The songs on Get Bleak are full of the unbridled brilliance of pop, but the tracks are split open with the restlessness and critique of living during a more or less chaotic epoch. Across the EP, the band—composed of friends Evan Lewis (lead guitar) and Tom Mcgreevy (vocals/rhythm guitar)—display their characteristic restless bounce, thoughtful lyricism and penchant for orchestration, exploring topics like troubled friendships and self-destructive desires while maintaining a balance of earnest self-reflection and humor. The opening track, “Get Bleak,” sets a thematic tone for the EP, one of cultural self-awareness and satiric critiques of society’s pressures an...

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