The Weakerthans, “Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure”
(5.9 MB MP3)

If you were a brilliant song writer who had previously written about the loyalty and steadfast companionship provided by your loving cat and your beloved animal started going deaf and couldn’t “remember the sound that you found for [her],” you’d probably write a heartbreakingly devastating song about having to put her down too.

Reunion Tour drops September 25 and will be a serious contender for album of the year.

Update: As befitting a band from Winnipeg, the Weakerthans have a song about curling (“Tournament of Hearts”) and a spoken word tribute to Rangers / Canadiens all-time goalie Gump Worsley (“Elegy for Gump Worsley”).

Classic.