The Warped 45s

Often called unique within the roots-rock genre, The Warped 45s, like every band, inevitably draw
comparisons. Like The Band, they write durable, earthy songs with superb vocal arrangements. Like
Blue Rodeo, they have two singer-songwriter frontmen who've known each other since childhood in
first cousins Dave McEathron and Ryan Wayne McEathron. Like The Weakerthans, they present
unique, arresting images in novel ways: "hard-charging the red cape of a matador sunset" as a
metaphor for touring, and "carried away on the aluminum wings of the great rivet-speckled bird" to
describe an airplane flight. They’ve been called Canada’s Drive By Truckers