Article(s): “Barenaked Ladies on their new album ‘Grinning Streak’ and their advice for Justin Bieber“ by Grace Stanisci
Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Outlet: Yahoo! Canada Music – Sound Check
Date: Tue, 4 Jun, 2013

Interviewing Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart of Barenaked Ladies was a truly Canadian experience and at the end of the session, Robertson told me a joke!

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To celebrate the release of their latest album “Grinning Streak” (out June 4, 2013), Barenaked Ladies members Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart talked to Yahoo! Canada Music about how they came up with the name of the record — plus, they offered their words of support for Justin Bieber.

In order to decide on their twelfth album’s title, BNL brainstormed and wrote numerous suggestions out on a board. They came up with suggestions like “Sustained,” “Five Seconds from Perfect, and “Popes Don’t Quit” (which was contributed by Robertson), before ultimately landing on “Grinning Streak.”

“‘Popes Don’t Quit,’ that was a good one,” Robertson said, explaining that the suggested title was in reference to Pope Benedict XVI’s retirement.

“I think I wrote it on the board because I just thought it was interesting that you could be God’s literal voice here on earth and decide, ‘I don’t really like this gig anymore,’” he said. “It’s just to make us laugh and amuse us. I think ‘Grinning Streak’ hit me right away as a contender. I liked the implications of it. Tyler came up with it.”

Added Stewart: “I think with ‘Grinning Streak,’ it ended up being a really good metaphor for how the songs are feeling. We feeling pretty good, we’re grinning.”

It seems like feeling good had a tremendous influence on the creation of this new album. Robertson admitted that at this stage in his career, he has acquired a new level of confidence in BNL — especially after the hardships they experienced before their last release, “All in Good Time.”