Lights of Endangered Species by Matthew Good

Lights of Endangered Species, Matthew Good's fifth studio album, landed on May 31, 2011, nearly a decade after the Matthew Good Band called it quits. Good rolled it out like a man who knew exactly where his listeners lived: the first single, "In a Place of Lesser Men", went up on SoundCloud on March 21, "Non Populus" followed four days later, and the whole record streamed on ExploreMusic five days before release.

It's an alternative rock album from a songwriter who, since the band's end, has also spoken out on politics and campaigned on mental health, and Canada paid attention. It debuted at number 5 on the national albums chart and earned a nomination for Rock Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards. "Zero Orchestra" is the song from it that reached the countdowns.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.