‘The Mouth’ is a great new tune from Casper Skulls. Much of the track is stripped back and melodic, allowing Melanie St-Pierre’s voice and words to take centre stage over keyboard drones and simple guitar chords. But when the full band kicks in, we’re treated to thick textures and beautiful moments of guitar improvisation. The Mouth Park in Northern Ontario is the inspiration behind the track, with Melanie explaining: “The park has a bit of a legacy in my family. My grandmother used to take my mother swimming there when she was young, and later my mother would take my sister and me. Every spring hundreds of trilliums grow along the dirt road leading to the park. The protest pictured in our album art, of which my grandmother was a big part, helped save the area from having nuclear waste dumped into it. I’m very grateful for this area and go often to check on it and sometimes bird watch.” The band’s upcoming album, Knows No Kindness, drops on November 12^th, 2021. -Dan Peeke