Blink Once by Arkells

Blink Once, the 2021 album from Hamilton, Ontario's Arkells, is the first half of a pair, with Blink Twice following in 2022. By then Max Kerman, Mike DeAngelis, Nick Dika and Tim Oxford, all there from the start, plus Anthony Carone, had become one of the steadiest acts in Canadian rock, with Juno Awards for Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year wins for High Noon and Rally Cry already on the shelf.

The record keeps the band's big-hearted, shout-along alternative rock intact and polishes it for the dancefloor, with punchy grooves and choruses built to be sung back by a crowd. "You Can Get It" was the one that took off, a bright, strutting slice of pop-rock swagger.

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