Marianas Trench Debut Masterpiece "Beside You"

Marianas Trench, a Juno award nominated Canadian punk rock band has premiered an Official video on Much Music's MuchOnDemand for the third single "Beside You" off band's sophomore album, "Masterpiece Theatre," which was released last September. The band went on "Beside You" tour with Carly Rae Jepsen, The New Cities, and The Mission District to promote the song.
The four highly trained band's name "Marianas Trench" came from the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in the world. Marianas Trench comes by its hybrid rock/vocal sound honestly. Cocky and confident in the knowledge that Marianas Trench has worked supremely hard to get to this point. The result: A novel mix of brash and innocent, yearning melodicism and over-the-top rock dynamics. The front man and founder Josh Ramsay says "I grew up amidst a crazy amount of music. Most people are influenced by their favorites, and mine just happen to be from radically different sides of the spectrum. The band intends to break fast from the starting gate once 'Fix Me' hits the street. We've been waiting a long time for this moment, and we intend to bust our balls to make it happen."
A true short story from the experience. Unlike most of their songs, this truly beautiful song "Beside You" has an African tribe-style beat and a recurring chant throughout the song. "Beside You" is a panoramic exercise in big emotions, with a dash of the Dream Academy's "Life In a Northern Town." The music video for "Beside You" was directed by RT and shot on September 29, 2009. The band shot it at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, along with orchestra/band members from Lord Byng Secondary School in as extras for the video.
I love this song as soon as I heard it and like its powerful lyrics as well. The first time you hear it, you can get confused by the intense Queen-like vocals on it that sound like something from The Lion King, but when you look past that... it's astounding. These four guys harmonize together like no tomorrow and have for their entire musical career as Marianas Trench. The song has a true meaning with a burning passion, and it makes you sad. The quartet are definitely a talented band, even though on some points they sound like they are pushing into the boundaries of R&B, but either way it's still a talented band. I'm kind of amazed a band like this hasn't taken off in the states.