Toronto duo Ducks Ltd release their anticipated second album Harm’s Way on February 9, and they’ve just shared a new song from it. “Train Full of Gasoline” is another jangly earworm, and this one has some nice forward-thrust via Ratboys drummer Marcus Nunzio. The song also features backing vocals from Ratboys’ Julia Steiner and Moontype’s Margaret McCarthy.
“The jumping off point for this song was a friend telling me about the Lac Megantic rail disaster in Quebec,” says singer/guitarist Tom McGreevy. “A 73 car train full of crude oil was left unattended and rolled down a hill before derailing and exploding in a town. I read about it a bunch, and to my understanding it was a scenario where a bunch of small errors built up and compounded each other, with the result being a catastrophe out of proportion with any of the individual failures that precipitated it. The song is about self destructive patterns. How if you try to ignore or minimize issues in your life they can manifest in places you don’t expect.”
You can watch the video, directed by boy wonder, below.
Ducks Ltd also have also announced a few 2024 tour dates, including spring festival appearances at NYC’s New Colossus and Boise’s Treefort. All dates are listed below.
Ducks Ltd – 2024 Tour dates
02/08/24 – Toronto, ON @ Sonic Boom#
02/10/24 – Montreal, QC @ Taverne Tour Festival
03/06/24-03/10/24 – New York, NY @ New Colossus Music Festival
03/20-24 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
05/27/24 – London, UK @ Moth Club
# Only God Forgives and Cootie Catcher support