Everybody knows that the top drawer is where all the best secrets are kept safe. Perhaps Vancouver’s best kept secret is a rock 'n' roll band known as The Top Drawers. Richly steeped in 1960s Brit-rock flavour, The Top Drawers are intent on reviving the joy, the energy, and the fun of rock ‘n’ roll.  



The Top Drawers have collected the adoration of music-scenesters and would-be sock-hoppers everywhere they’ve played. Perhaps it’s because their obvious homage to 1960s rock music comes very naturally. The band’s lead singer, Eric Lefebvre, has toured as the drummer for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Terry Sylvester of The Hollies. It also doesn’t hurt that their first album was mixed by Canadian audio-guru/Odds-alumnus, Steven Drake. The resulting vibe is so sincere that it prompted The Grapes of Wrath's Kevin Kane to say, "If they had mixed the record in mono, pressed it onto vinyl, and pre-scuffed and scratched the records, they could have passed 'You're So Fine' off as a super-rare, obscure treasure of the mid-60s (and at collector prices!). They'd no doubt fool a lot of people."



The Top Drawers have toured all over Western Canada, performed at festivals, and had their song "Crazy Day" featured in the Haylie Duff movie, "Fear Island." The band’s live shows have become exuberant events characterized by call-and-answer choruses, handclaps, dancing, and barrages of lead guitar. It is unapologetically rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form.

Patrick Jacobson is a Yukon-based indie-rock songwriter who has spent the last decade crafting, recording and performing original songs all across Canada. He’s played everywhere from Lucky Bar in Victoria to the Seahorse Tavern in Halifax to The Pit in Dawson City. He’s played festivals, had songs used in television shows and movies, and he can be heard playing or singing on at least a dozen releases.

Originally hailing from Vancouver, Patrick earned his reputation as the front man of The Capitals by writing endearing, dulcet anthems with crackerjack choruses. He also co-wrote songs with retro garage-rockers, The Top Drawers, and psychedelic freak-rockers, The Luna Riot, both with which he played bass. Now, with a head full of new songs and a heart full of hope, Patrick is returning to his roots with a guitar in his hands to sing for anybody who still enjoys a good melody. His latest self-titled EP, produced by Winston Hauschild, is available now.

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