The Gentlemen Thieves
What: Pop Punk
Where: Toronto, ON
CM Issue: May – June 2013
Visit: www.thegentlementhieves.com
When I was growing up outside of Toronto, I used to venture into the city to check out Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph bands playing some
of the city’s storied music venues. As a suburban kid trying to expand my taste in music, I was often just as impressed with the opening acts,
which were often new to me, than I was with the headliners. My early live music memories are filled with summer nights where I’d pop a new
CD from a new band into the car on the drive home, listening to it with the smells and sounds of a young summer night passing through the
open windows.
The Gentlemen Thieves represent the kind of band I remember from those nights. These guys play a poppier NOFX style of melodic punk that’s unrefined but full of potential. Their Crafting Lies EP brought them across Canada on one tour so far and they will be playing dates across eastern Canada by the time this column goes to print (and after they finish recording a new album), just in time to create memories similar
to mine for a new generation of music fans.