In October, I did a post about a Sloan gig at the university where I noted how, unlike a lot of bands as their careers progress, Sloan had never experienced a line-up change. Instead, the same quartet had been rocking out together for 23 years.

The Trews have only been around since 1997. But like Sloan, they’ve had the same line-up since day one. That’s not the only thing the two bands have in common, either, as they both hail from Nova Scotia. In the Trews’ case, they’re from Antigonish.

Wednesday Dec. 3 the Trews are in town to play a show at Casino Regina. Doors are at 7:15 p.m., and tickets are $30 and $35. To give you a sense of what to expect, here’s the first single of their latest album (a self-titled effort released in April) called “Rise In the Wake”: