When Wild Pack of Canaries started off it was Rudy De Anda and Drew Pearson. I’ve always been a fan of Drew’s music and I had been in a band with Rudy prior to Wild Pack forming. They both fuck with time signatures in a visceral and aggressive way, just feeling around the beat and building on it instead of playing through. They both also have interesting high pitched voices that don’t match with much but luckily match each other really well. There’s a soul presence in the melodies and a punk attitude in the delivery. Drew’s drumming is so stripped down and well written around the guitar parts that the contrasting placements of kick and snare play the melody percussively. This demo was recorded in several spots throughout Long Beach, including the Hickey Underworld bathroom. It runs lush, beautiful guitar pieces through flat post-punk tones and experiments with a range of sounds and effects adding to the double exposure combination of beauty and dissonance. The band has since continued to grow and try on different approaches. Their lineup averages at around 7 members, and all of the room the two piece’s music has (which is a sort of prog punk charm) is filled out with a sort of indie rock noise party. Rudy has also reinvented the songs with more percussive focus and even an 11 piece with saxophone and trumpet. His eccentric taste, open mind, and enthusiasm are all accurately reflected by his music. The band has since released an album on Mountain Man Records with a few of the songs on this demo reworked with the current band.
TRACK LIST
- The Coroner Can Wait
- Lose That Touch
- In Case of Hornets
- El Tiburon
- Gilroy/Farm Song
- Yo Te Lo Digo
- Electric Cow (Tipping Her Over Version)
Buy the album here.
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