Good Group Thanks For Coming Release New Single “It’s a Game”

The music of Toronto-based band Good Group Thanks For Coming is a dynamic blend of its members’ diverse influences. It’s a music of everything, lovingly curated to share with everyone. They make musical sandwiches, music soup, music pizza; all your favourite music simmered in an indie rock rue and served on a platter from your local dive bar.

“It’s a Game,” the band’s latest single, is a hard-luck sing-along layered with metaphors and dualistic intentions. An ode to gaming, internet humour, and learning to cope, the song likens life to playing games and even has a few little games written into the song itself.

Discussing the song, singer and guitarist Justin Sullivan says:

“I think this song is bittersweet! It’s, basically, a song about accepting disappointments. It’s a song about self-soothing – but there are whimsical elements in it that are silly and fun too. It captures a kind of duality that I’m proud of. It has a certain innocence about it but it also has a certain helplessness about it. There’s, ultimately, maybe a little more sad than happy in it but without a bit of both it wouldn’t be nearly as poetic.”

Compositionally, “It’s a Game” spreads lead vocal duties between all three of the band’s singers. Staying away from simply trading verses, they take inspiration from the classic “one-word story” improv game and switch between singers interjectionally. Formally, each chorus expands by an extra line that references the verse that immediately came before it, paying homage to campfire songs like “There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea” and embedding a game within the song that listeners can keep track of and play along with as well.

Good Group Thanks For Coming “It’s a Game” single artwork