Folks who revel in the notion that love-rock means never having to tune your guitar will no doubt grow weak in the knees upon first exposure to the Cannanes. The fluid Australian combo is willfully amateurish and occasionally a bit too cute for its own good, but the utterly unpretentious purity of the band’s output is hard to deny. Their closest American corollary would probably be Beat Happening, but the Cannanes are slightly folkier, less prone to outbursts of rock primitivism. The band’s debut EP is charmingly unsteady on virtually every level, from the cracks in Annabel Bleach’s sweet warble to the audible string squeak that accompanies each acoustic guitar chord change. The informality only adds to the charm of songs like “You’re So Groovy” and the quietly caustic “I Don’t Want to Talk About Your Problems.” – [Trouser Press]
Australian DIY pop royalty The Cannanes are wrapping up a U.S. tour that finishes in Brooklyn with a show at Alphaville on Tuesday (9/1) with Pale Lights and The Hairs opening. Tickets are on sale.
The Cannanes released Howling at All Hours in 2013 which was their first album in over 10 years. (The played Chickfactor 21 then as well.) You can stream that via Spotify, along with a few other song streams, below.
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