Old Growth

Thursday night, local indie band Forest City Lovers had their farewell show at The Great Hall. A sprawling collective of players, they have been playing dreamy pop for the past 8 years. With solo efforts, geography and other commitments, they have decided to end this chapter in their career.

Opening for them was Lisa Bozikovic and Kite Hill, two acts who share a similar aesthetic of atmospheric pop of quiet guitar, piano, and plaintive strings. The relatively small crowd was composed of a fair number of local musicians from Toronto's indie scene. With the hall festooned with streamers, the night had the elegiac feel of a high-school prom where old friends shake hands and promise to always stay in touch.