COOPER - vocals/guitars
ANDERSON - bass
VALDEZ - drums
BILBREY - misc
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"'Sit Down And Listen' is full of tiny gems that don't require overblown arrangements to make an impact...This is a record [of] small, simple snapshots of big ideas and bigger dreams." [4 stars] Sam Sutherland, Alternative Press Magazine
"Sporadic moments somewhat resemble a more organic, stripped-down (musically and structurally) Band of Horses or the Helio Sequence's folky latter-day moments...this is a charming and pleasant listen that's straightforward sometimes and flexible enough otherwise to work pretty well." [3.5 stars] PUNKNEWS.ORG
"These three [sic] musicians are unassuming yet talented, particularly adept at crafting joyfully melodic rock songs...Frontman Cooper's husky vocals are perfectly calibrated to the gritty Americana of this record. The instrumentation (guitar/drums/bass, what else?) is equal parts Modest Mouse, Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco, providing a solid, working-class atmosphere to the proceedings." [84%] Matt Shimmer, INDIEVILLE.COM
"The ten songs that make up their self-released 22-minute-long Sit Down and Listen 10” aren’t flashy, gimmicky, or particularly edgy, but they’re damn-near perfect in their unabashed straight-forwardness." Brian Cook, The Stranger LINE OUT BLOG http://lineout.thestranger.com/lineout/archives/2009/01/14/beard_beware
"Canon Canyon is angst-driven music for those of us traversing our quarter-life crisis...Simple music with simple components. Simple lyrics with a complicated introspection. Sometimes you have to flex your cognitive muscle to be musically satisfied." Lauren Napier, The Weekly Volcano SPEW BLOG
"Tacoma According to Canon Canyon" by Hailey Young, Seattle Sound Magazine http://www.seattlesoundmag.com/2009/01/tacoma-according-to-canon-canyon/
The vestiges of teenage angst that epitomized the last decade of your life don’t ring true anymore. It’s that new mid-twenties crisis you’ve been reading about. We spend so much time defining ourselves by telling others what we’re not that we begin to wonder what we actually are. It’s that thing that the bitter old punks can’t figure out and the new era of yuppies are trying to forget. We’re all individuals, but we only know how to frame ourselves in opposition to others.
Teenage angst may be responsible for some of the most remarkable records of all time; but the unfortunate reality is that sincerity--that keystone to all respectable art--dictates that the finest voices of that particular period of inner turmoil have a very short window of time for crafting their work. It’s a shame that youth is wasted on the young—the naked emotional honesty rarely has the chops to back it up. Musicians grow older, and they have to find new ways to translate the issues they encounter with adulthood. Perhaps that’s why the older crowd’s output tends to be a bit boring. At the risk of seeming naïve or suspended in adolescence, they forsake the turbulent side of their personalities and focus on more “grown up” concepts or ham-fisted abstractions. Rare is the older songwriter that can remind us of the tragedies and triumphs in our daily lives without coming across as soft or overly sentimental.
Enter Canon Canyon, modern day troubadours willing to remind us of how simultaneously great and awful life can be. Projecting pessimism tempered with a smirk and optimism reigned in with the wisdom of past failures, Canon Canyon’s bittersweet compositions are the laments of both the laymen and the urbanite. And like many musicians transitioning into grown-up responsibilities, Canon Canyon recognizes that sometimes the most powerful statement is the most simple and straightforward one. Armed with a Telecaster, a baritone voice, and a drum kit, the music succeeds at being populist without pandering to an audience. Canon Canyon may well be the new folk hero of our time.
Pour yourself a pint. Find a dark room with a buzzing neon light and a few familiar faces. Bum a cigarette. Play Sit Down and Listen and ruminate without self-pity. Remember that everyone is trying to figure all this shit out, and all you can do is shrug it off and keep going for it.
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
The L.o.B. wish you the very best of tours. May many a beer pass through your system....and many unsuspecting kids be rocked by your genius. Knock em dead Coop!
Holy Fuck, "Sit Down and Listen" is such an amazing album. This is already my favorite album of the Year. Thank you so much for this. I will try my best to see you guys in LA. Again, Thank you!
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