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Anyway Gang (album) review



Anyway Gang is Canada's coolest Alternative/Indie Rock supergroup quartet ever assembled: 

Chris Murphy (Sloan),
Dave Monks (Tokyo Police Club),
Menno Versteeg (Hollerado) and
Sam Roberts (Sam Roberts Band)!

Additional guitars by Nixon Boyd (Hollerado).
Trevor James Anderson and Gus van Go played some keys and guitars also. 
Additional vocals by Alyson McNamara.

Produced by Anyway Gang, Trevor James Anderson and Nixon Boyd.
Additional production and mixed by Gus van Go and Werner F.
Engineered by Nixon Boyd and Trevor James Anderson; Assistant Engineer: Zach Pepe.
Additional Engineering by Mike Gnocato.
Mastered by João Carvalho.
Recorded at Noble Street Studios (Toronto) and at Banquet Sound recording studio (run by Nixon Boyd in Toronto).
Cover art by Ben Marra.
Band Picture by Calm Elliott-Armstrong. 
Layout by Christina Zalec.
A project funded in part by the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), the Government of Canada and Canada's private radio broadcasters.


The CD contains 9 fantastic tracks:

Big Night
Everybody Cries
Interlude (only 43 seconds)
Square One
I'm Just That Good
Eyes Of Green
Only You
Fly Francisco
Lost Boy



I give it a 9.5/10. A superb self-titled debut album with a mighty cover by Benjamin Marra (the brilliant Grammy-nominated Canadian cartoonist)! If you're looking for an album full of catchy tunes that will remain forever lodged in your hippocampus, this is it. The interlude was way too short.

A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this album go to MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity.

Support Anyway Gang and Royal Mountain Records!

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