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The Cliks

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-The Cliks new album Snakehouse [Silver Label/Tommy Boy Entertainment (US/International) Kindling Music/Warner Music Canada (Canada), April 24] reveals a band of such primal power and unguarded emotionality that it will take your breath away. Oh yeah, oh yeah, Ive fallen down/But I can get up, sings Lucas Silveira in a voice at once scarred and defiant, over a pummeling rhythm section and a guitar riff of barely controlled fury. This unambiguous declaration kicks off Oh Yeah, one of 10 fiercely expressive tracks on Snakehouse, and it could serve as the credo of the Toronto four-piece, as well as summing up the personal narrative of Silveira, a writer/singer/guitarist of uncommon talent and audacity. This song, the albums emotional and thematic centerpiece, expresses everything about who I am, where Ive come from and how this album came to be, says Silveira, whos as intense in conversation as in performance. I went to a place I thought Id never get out of, and I think a lot of people go there losing trust in somebody you love, losing faith in yourself, falling down, picking up the pieces and saying, Yknow, Im gonna be OK. Its experiences like that that make you who you are and give you your strength.