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By MELISSA WISEMAN
Staff Writer

I was speechless.

Pressing play to a song entitled "Oh, Fuck Off Tony", I never knew what to expect. But as the chords were strummed and the beats from the drums filled my living room, I knew that I was going to like this. It reminded me of one of my favourite bands and their EP, and I couldn’t wait to hear more.

I continue to scroll down the list of songs on doubleplusungood and the titles only get more and more unique.

Who in the world would have songs with titles such as "Jiggle My Wiggle", "I Blame it on Your Momma", and "Candy Let Your Hair Hang Down"?

Well this mystery has been solved.

I now present to you, the reader, the unique works of Rat Silo.

Rat Silo, based out of British Columbia, features Jim Newton belting out the words, Don Binns picking at the strings on his bass, Finn Manniche strumming along on guitar, Dave Osborne pressing those keys and Organ Sean tapping away on the drums.

What a fine group.

Others have claimed that this group has many distinct sounds depending on the song. It ranges from rock to blues. Each song seems to tell a story or send out some sort of message to the listener.

“Well in a cold dark room in a cheap motel. With a big black dog and silver bell,” starts off "Lord Help Me Focus Tonight". This song continues on to tell the story of a man who may have a bit of trouble in his life. The idea of a story in a song can also be found in "Jiggle My Wiggle", where the first verse starts out saying “Come listen to my tale.”

But the lyrics only continue to get more unique as the songs continue. One of the songs that I really enjoyed started out something like this:

"I’m going to eat you said the lion to the zebra as licked his lips and sharpened his claws. You got to catch me said the zebra to the lion as he backed his ass out the door."

I highly recommend listening to "A Lion and Zebra Walked Into A Bar". It is greatly worth the amusement and is definitely a really catchy song. That said, I leave you with this:

“Next time you see me, make sure you see me. You won’t see me cause I’ll be gone.”

Why? Cause I’ll be off enjoying the entertainment of Rat Silo, of course!