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The world could always use a little bit more kindness, and when it comes to the Canadian music scene, the band Arkells always seems to deliver. Fellow Canadian Jamal Murray is the latest beneficiary of that kindness after the bandâs lead singer, Max Kerman, gifted the Denver Nuggets superstar the new console thatâs been in high demand on launch week.
As the band shared on its TikTok and later Twitter account, Murray had his wisdom teeth taken out and was searching for a console to play games on, most notably an enhanced edition of NBA 2K21. Somehow, the members of the band each ended up with one, and Kerman apparently decided to pay it forward and give it to someone who would actually put it to good use.
The length the band went to make it happen in a pandemic is actually pretty impressive, and the level of trust Kerman put in a random rideshare driver to make the delivery is notable. He sent the PS5 in an Uber from Toronto to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, a good 110 kilometers (just over an hourâs drive on a good day) away. Both Murrayâs and the bandâs stories have more videos about the exchange, and itâs a fairly wholesome endeavor all around: the driver said heâd call Kerman when he made it to Kitchener and everything.
Itâs worth noting that Kerman is a huge Toronto Raptors fan, not a Nuggets fan. But Canadian basketball sticks up for its own kind here. You must now, per my editorâs request, watch Raptors head coach Nick Nurse play âSigned, Sealed, Deliveredâ â a standard often covered in Arkells live sets â with the band last summer after Toronto won its first NBA title.
In other news, Arkells put out an album of live songs along with a new track, âQuitting You,â earlier this year. Theyâre also releasing another, called âPub Crawlâ that they actually gave to a certain set of Canadian (and Western New York) bars and restaurants early in an effort to get fans to order takeout from businesses that may be struggling during a pandemic. If they order food for pickup and ask nicely, they get to hear it early.
Huge love to all the bars/resto/wineries/breweries whoâve been blasting PUB CRAWL for the past three days. And thanks to everyone who came in to pick up food and drink. Support your local when you can!
The jam is officially out at midnight tonight pic.twitter.com/z2BEJCL42O
â ARKELLS (@arkellsmusic) November 12, 2020
Those good Canadian boys, always looking out for everyone else.