[Cover photo credit to Med Desmeules]

A new all-star Canadian team-up dubbed Drop It First will be releasing their first album Fundamentals on January 17th, 2025, under the independent label Thousand Islands Records. Their first single “Where The Wind Blows” is out now.

In Quebec City in early 2023, Vince Fournier and Jam Gosselin, the singer and bassist of Our Darkest Days, crossed paths with Mathieu Hébert of Go Great Guns. Mathieu unveiled a batch of songs he had just written.

The trio decided to join forces to craft “the ultimate Punk Rock album.” They knew they needed a second guitarist and a drummer to complete their vision, and they wasted no time in the hunt.

By spring 2023, Jo Thivierge, a long-time friend of Vince and Jam and a multi-instrumentalist from Persistence and Exhibition, was locked in as their drummer. Just a few weeks later, Maxime Larouche emerged as the lead guitarist.

After months of intense discussions and relentless searching, the band christened themselves Drop It First. The name “strikes with a fierce, distinctive edge that perfectly captures the quintet’s relentless pursuit of sonic perfection.”