With their sophomore record, Drawing Dead, heartland Canadian indie rockers, The Sarandons, explore “ephemeral fragments” (Walter Kraus, Beatblogger), “hard truths” and “hope amid chaos” (Matt Adams, Vocal Media) to achieve what Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung calls “exquisite Americana” and Souffle Inedit calls “sincere and powerful” and “a must” for 2025. Earning a place on multiple ‘best of 2024’ lists, the five-piece captivates with Craig Keeney’s electrifying and inventive guitar solos and Damian Coleman’s fiercely melodic bass lines – but the true power is grounded in the band’s ability to cope with life’s wreckage as told through the lens of lead singer, Dave Suchon, lyrics. The Sarandons are a fully collaborative songwriting quintet, who’ve shared stages with notable Canadian acts such as City and Colour, JJ Wilde, Kiwi Jr., Kasador, Union Duke, Spencer Burton and more. They deliver defiant optimism and a rich body of work replete with spirited rhythms, memorable melodies, lustrous synths, punctuated guitars and delightfully rugged vocal harmonies. Launching into 2025 with nearly 50k monthly Spotify listeners, songs on heavy rotation on terrestrial radio, climbing the college charts (peak Earshot #27) and being played on Sirius XM’s “North Americana” channel, The Sarandons are on the upswing.
