Various The Toronto Music Mission
Published Aug 01, 2004
Its difficult to knock a compilation album with an objective as ambitious as that of the Toronto Music Mission. Students at the Harris Institute of the Arts have collected music from 12 of the Big Smokes most prominent pop/rock artists in hopes that sales of the CD will benefit the citys homeless through the Daily Bread Food Bank. Featured songs include Tamara Williamsons "Counting Sheep, Jory Nashs "Jericho Now, Emm Gryners "Julia, Aaron Booths "I Was a Guest, the Fembots "Broken and Blue, Andre Ethiers "Sinners and Aengus Finnans "Fly Away, among others. Though organisers of the compilation can certainly boast about the calibre of the artists who have donated songs to their noble project, serious fans of the participating musicians will notice that most of the songs here have been released previously. Some including By Divine Rights "I Love Everybody even reach back to albums that came out almost ten years ago. That said, Toronto Music Mission proves to be an excellent primer for listeners unfamiliar with the citys vibrant indie rock community and, as stated earlier, you cant slag this comps humanitarian intentions.
(Confidential)