Today the Toronto band Silver Pools dropped the music video for No Foundation.
Getting this Death Cab for Cutie vibe on the song.
About the track from Todd:
For the opening verse of “No Foundation”, a wash of distorted guitar and spacey synth cedes the spotlight to a dystopian vision of Toronto’s West End.
The unsettling truth, though, is that the song’s seemingly imagined apocalypse is simply what’s actually happening.
Macdonald draws on his own personal experience of the city for the track having been evicted, along with dozens of other artists—some who had lived in the building since the ‘90s—when long-running artist haven 888 Dupont was bought up by a developer in 2021. Elsewhere in the song he namechecks the Holy Oak and Raw Sugar cafés, both victims to rising rents. He touches on the legacy of art dealer Katharine Mulherin, who was largely responsible for Queen West’s cultural bloom and eventually priced out of the area by the late 2010s, and died by her own hand in 2019.
“I think we need to talk more broadly about socialism, and have it not be a dirty word, and focus on controlling capitalism and putting more checks and balances into society—to protect people and to make sure everyone has a right to a good life,” Macdonald says. “That’s what I’m advocating for in this song.”
The video is directed by Silver Pools’ own Adrienne McLaren. Speaking on the video McLaren explains, “No Foundation is a video made with a deep desire to tell a story. The video is a love story for the city we love, or are trying hard to love, as it gets harder for artists of all types to work and thrive. Todd and I, with the help of many friends and artists, made this video happen. The goal was to document a variety of artists in their workspaces and studios as they work on their craft. It’s a celebration for the small amount of spaces that are left in the city.”
No Foundation gets: 📷📷📷📷📷📷📷/10.
Silver Pools – No Foundation [Music Video]
