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Poor Young Things
12+ albums
rockCanadianalternativealternative rock
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You can try and find a gutsier, harder working, more determined bunch than Toronto's Poor Young Things. But even if you succeed, it's doubtful you'll also find one as clearly positioned for greatness. Just two years after collectively relocating from Thunder Bay, the pop-rock quintet has issued a massive, sweat-soaked, insanely confident debut, The Heart. The Head. The End. Not only that, they've picked up a record deal, marquee management, a Sirius XM Emerging Artist of the Year nomination and a swelling fan base. Few can make something as tough as pursuing a dream look so dang easy. "Oh man, we are so lucky," confirms singer/guitarist Matt Fratpietro on behalf of his cohorts. "Touring across Canada is so hard. And there are lots of bands that do that for years and years and don't get the breaks we've had. "We came here and were signed within a year to a small, very supportive label, Bumstead Productions. I mean, obviously we sold our souls to the devil," Fratpietro howls. "But still. What a deal we got!" Kidding aside, The Heart. The Head. The End. could not have emerged if Poor Young Things – high school pals Fratpietro, guitarists Michael Kondakow and Dave Grant, bassist Scott Burke and drummer Konrad Commisso - had elected to play it safe. "It's scary to leave your hometown," Fratpietro admits of the big move south in November 2010. "We had been playing together for about three years at that point in some incarnation or another. The five of us all agreed to move t
