Kasador

Kasador has been busy. Over the past two years, the Kingston, Ontario band released their second full-length, 2023’s Youth, toured across Canada and the U.S., and went from a three-piece to a four-piece outfit. They hit major streaming milestones, won awards for their music videos, and scored spots on national Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts—the sort of successes every rock band dreams of.

But as much as they’re interested in success, Kasador—vocalist/guitarist Cameron Wyatt, guitarist Thomas Draper, bassist Boris Baker, and drummer Stephen Adubofuor—are interested in simply being a great rock and roll band in a time when connection, friction, and unpredictability are whittled away in favour of algorithmically dictated sameness. What is left when everything feels and looks and sounds good? Why do we idolize the rich assholes picking our pockets?

Undoubtedly the heaviest music Kasador has released to date, 'Kasador l' evidences a new era for Kasador: More than ever, they’re committed to loud, catchy, confrontational guitar music as a weapon against corporate power, plutocracy, and our great collective numbness. This is the clearest and most direct they’ve ever been. Uncoincidentally, it’s also the most fed-up they’ve ever been, and they’re not pulling any punches.

This moment is years in the making. Kasador, who have shared stages with Arkells, July Talk, Sam Roberts Band, and The Glorious Sons, began a new era in 2016. In 2019, the band released their debut full-length Brood and Bloom, a dark, pensive collection of alt-rock, pop, and R&B that scored 350,000 plays in the first six months after release. The songs on Youth have collected more than 900,000 streams. Kasador’s momentum and energy is palpable, and this powderkeg of new material is ready to be set off.

If you want more dirty, raw, celebratory rock and roll in your life, stay tuned. Help is on the way.