Way to Go, Einstein

Hide and Seek Champion (Broken Oak)

Don't let the silly name fool you: Way to Go, Einstein isn't a goof-pop combo striving to be the next Barenaked Ladies. Instead, the Vancouver band has grander musical ambitions that seem to be equal parts Coldplay and Sigur Rí“s. Singer Andrew Carter's delivery is often tremulous and unpolished, but his melodies soar to the heavens, and are backed by lush beds of reverb-treated guitars and synthesizers. It's a gorgeous sound, and if it lacks a little in the hooks department, so what? Something tells me that the members of Way to Go, Einstein would rather be some lonely soul's late-night-headphones favourite than a top-40 act anyway. Now, if they could only do something about that name before someone books them as the support act on a Moxy Frí¼vous reunion tour.