Headstones
Peopleskills
(MapleMusic)
3.5/5
With a career that spans nearly 30 years and is littered with Junos and hits, Canadian rock legends Headstones are back with their ninth album. Peopleskills continues with the same stripped-down sound present on the Toronto-based band’s previous effort, Little Army.
At times on the punk side of rock, at other times on the rock side of punk, Peopleskills delivers 11 solid, driving tracks of what’s now called classic rock. Opening with the lead single “Leave it All Behind,” the tone is set early and they don’t look back.
With its punishing guitar and a one-two punk beat consistent throughout, most of the album is good, but not great. That changes with the acoustic power ballad “Motorcade,” and the following cut, “Caught in a Loop,” both of which stand a cut above the rest.
Showing no sign of slowing down, Headstones’ latest is their best album since their 2000 LP, Nickels for Your Nightmares.