The New Odds - Cheerleader

During the 1990s, they were the Odds, a talented power-pop outfit from Vancouver blessed with hooks ’n’ humor (several videos for its catchy songs featured the Kids in the Hall comedy troupe). Led by Craig Northey, the New Odds have lost none of their comic appeal or melodic charm. Songs like “Jumper,” about a would-be suicide, and “Leaders of the Undersea World,” a fishy tale that would’ve worked well in The Life Aquatic, are hilarious. And there’s no denying the harmony-drenched pleasures of “My Happy Place.”