This song is a little nugget of Kelowna gold. Treelines is a perfect name for a Canadian band, since treelines delineate the mostly-habitable spaces of the country from the less-habitable ones.

The song itself, well, it says more about the country in three mere minutes than a three-hour Throne Speech could.

I love its rambling, countryesque electric guitar line.

I love its lyrics that pull up blinds revealing Canadian winter scenes beyond the melody.

And I love its sentiment: Grab my coat, put on my toque...brush the snow off of my car, scrape off all the frost with a credit card...if the engine fails to spark to life I wonder what the jumper cords look like...on those Canadian Airlines.

So, it's not so much about flying, as not flying. It's about the way we do things here, and the way we live. Listen, and I think you'll hear yourself in this song. You live here, don't you?

Here's Treelines, with "Canadian Airlines".

Canadian Airlines

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posted by Amanda Putz on Jan 12, 2010