Sep 07 2006
Canada
Welcome to the first of not one, but two posts about fantastic little bands from the state of Michigan, starting with the confusingly named Canada.
“CANADA was conceived in late 2004 when a group of mild mannered acquaintances who all happened to play various musical machines gathered together in a basement full of rain and chandeliers and began writing.”
Canada are seven people from Michigan who craft what they call “art-folk arrangements”. I’m not entirely sure exactly what “art-folk” sounds like, but I guess if something must, it may as well be something as good as this. They also really know how to make an interesting sound; all of these songs are loaded with wonderful little surprises like a glockenspiel and dualling cellists.
Canada’s forthcoming album, entitled ‘The Cursed House’, will be released September 9 (a saturday, weird) on Quite Scientific Records. The band recently completed a tour with Page France and will shortly be hitting the road again with their good friends Saturday Looks Good To Me.
MP3 Canada - Beige Stationwagon
MP3 Canada - Record Function
MP3 Canada - Hooray For Shipwreck
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Very nice. Michigan is the new Portland or Olympia, by the way. Spread the word… it’s a bit of a secret at the moment, albeit spreading upon its own momentum.
If you like Michigan music… I must recommend these picks from the Great Lakes Underground as well, very highly. The scene is booming over there (alas, I just moved to New York):
Great Lakes Myth Society
The Mighty Narwhale
Chris Bathgate
Starling Electric
Matt Jones
Misty Lyn
Johnny Headband …I’ll cut myself off while I’m ahead, but I could go on.
Actually, just one more, because this guy is like 17 or something, completely unknown even in his own small county, and a sure genius:
Virgil Walters.