Love Songs Should Sound More Like “End of the Day” by CAR287

Falling in love doesn’t always sound like poetry or candlelit dinners. Sometimes, it’s as mundane as End Of The Day by CAR287—like knowing someone’s favorite bands, hockey teams, or exactly how they like their eggs. This is the first single from their five-song EP, set for release in the new year, and it’s already sounding amazing. It makes you wonder what more they have in store.

The track starts with bright guitars and the kind of upbeat energy that makes falling for someone feel a lot less terrifying. Just by the layers itself, you’ll actually picture a rom-com montage where the main characters are driving around with the windows down, singing along to the radio and making each other laugh.

There’s none of those grand, overblown language you’d expect from a typical love song, and that’s exactly where the track finds its charm. You’d get this awkward, lived-in kind of romance where the details are almost embarrassingly ordinary, but that’s precisely why they feel real.

Here, love doesn’t unravel in the most cinematic, slow-motion kind of way. It sounds exactly what it actually feels like: exciting, stupid, and definitely impossible to stop thinking about. Sure, it’s a love song, but it never sounds like it’s begging to be one. And this might be the reason why CAR287 has become a regular presence on Winnipeg stages, performing at local venues, summer concerts, and festivals. Because they know exactly how to make a room full of strangers feel like they’ve all got someone to sing this one about.