Much like Operation Makeout and a thousand other bands out there, the Smugglers tour relentlessly and play in dives all over the continent, bringing the gospel of punk to all comers. What makes these guys different from most are the tour diaries on their website. Marvel as the band takes in a Joan Jett concert after a show in New York! Gasp at all the UVic grads having sex at the end-of-year bash the band played! Read in horror how one member totally fucked up an episode of TSN’s Off The Record! Run in terror as Danko Jones comes to reclaim the pants the band stole from him four years previous!

Playing the role of mercenary singer on this track is none other than indie pop megalomaniac Rose Melberg, she of the Tiger Trap / Go Sailor / Softies triumverate. They’re a big damned punk band; she’s a twee-pop singer from the wrong side of town. The result: pop-punk heaven all around.