Mother Mother has become one of Canada’s most reliable indie rock exports since they emerged in 2005 with their debut album Mother. On 2025’s Nostalgia, they return to their roots, exploring aging, social norms, evolution, and the good old days. Opener “Love to Death” is a crunching folk-rock number built around sturdy drums and spindly guitar melodies, highlighting a nearly psychic connection between the group’s trio of vocalists. The stripped-back instrumentation doesn’t forge simplicity, but rather allows for more room for the group’s innovative, sterling harmonic exercises to lead the show. “Namaste” is a peaceful acoustic-guitar-led jam built for late nights around the campfire and early mornings watching the sun rise. It’s an examination of peace in the mode of George Harrison, a study of how tranquillity comes so easy for some but is impossible to achieve for others. “You’ve got to break yourself away/Which I can’t do/Instead I suffer through,” the band sings. It’s an important reminder that no matter how long you’ve been at it, the hard work continues.