Melody and volume collide with Class of 91—a DIY band from Ottawa, Canada, known for explosive live shows and an evolving discography built on raw emotion and layered guitars. Their latest release, All Guesses Passed Off As Hope, captures Class of 91 at their most dynamic. Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ferguson, guitarist Brock Sarault, bassist Fred Pantalone Jr., and drummer Steve Clifford confront personal, societal, and environmental instability with punk-rooted urgency, weaving in shoegaze, lo-fi, and post-rock influences to span the full spectrum of modern guitar music. SPIN’s Ron Hart calls it “hard-driving big-sky indie rock with a punk edge—perfect for kids raised on Cloud Nothings and DIIV, and their Jawbox-loving parents.”
The lead single “Over Now” is a sonic powerhouse, ricocheting between reverb-drenched verses and raging riffs. It traces the emotional fallout of unraveling relationships once believed to be grounded and stable: “Watching the drift aparts as they drift away / Wondering which of them got the last say.”
Elsewhere, the album serves as a soundtrack for increasingly uncertain times:
From “About Us”: “It’s like a never-ending misunderstanding / A generation comes undone / Flying too close to the sun / When did we lose the plot in the story about us?”
From “Burn Down”: “Coming under fire / Out of time with nowhere to run / You’ve stacked the logic pyre and lit the match / Watch it all come undone.”
From “Gravity Fails”: “Wide-eyed at 1 AM / All reason on suspend / Give me something good to say… / As the thieves of joy break into our heads / Give me something good to say…”
Recorded at Little Bullhorn in Ottawa with engineer Dave Draves and mastered by Juno award winner Kristian Montano in Toronto, All Guesses Passed Off As Hope is available now on all streaming platforms and on limited-edition vinyl.
The lead single “Over Now” is a sonic powerhouse, ricocheting between reverb-drenched verses and raging riffs. It traces the emotional fallout of unraveling relationships once believed to be grounded and stable: “Watching the drift aparts as they drift away / Wondering which of them got the last say.”
Elsewhere, the album serves as a soundtrack for increasingly uncertain times:
From “About Us”: “It’s like a never-ending misunderstanding / A generation comes undone / Flying too close to the sun / When did we lose the plot in the story about us?”
From “Burn Down”: “Coming under fire / Out of time with nowhere to run / You’ve stacked the logic pyre and lit the match / Watch it all come undone.”
From “Gravity Fails”: “Wide-eyed at 1 AM / All reason on suspend / Give me something good to say… / As the thieves of joy break into our heads / Give me something good to say…”
Recorded at Little Bullhorn in Ottawa with engineer Dave Draves and mastered by Juno award winner Kristian Montano in Toronto, All Guesses Passed Off As Hope is available now on all streaming platforms and on limited-edition vinyl.