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They’re not all that handsome and they’re not super-styled; they’re four guys in a band who love creating and playing unadorned, rock music. Their 8 hands are tuned to delivering original, lush indie rock with full-bodied chiming guitars, hook-laden melodies and lyrics that tell a story. It’s not their job to make you love them; it’s their passion to make you want to hear them again. They play local and want to stay local, for audiences who want to hear good music with zero pretence – just honest, uncontrived rock songs. Despite being told their “name is sh*t” (twice) by Brian Hooper (Beasts of Bourbon) at their first gig, Hands Like Ours still went on stage and played to a modest little crowd at the Idgaff in Abbotsford. That was April 08. In November of the same year, their modesty (and doubts about the band name) had bridged into confidence and they launched their debut self-titled EP to a packed house, where it all began, at the Idgaff. It was standing room only, the crowd was