Anyway Gang Share Third New Single “Real Thing” off new upcoming album ‘Still Anyways’

Hot off the heels of their toe-tapping ripper “Reckless Reckless“, Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang are back with another track from their upcoming sophomore album, Still Anyways. “Real Thing“, out today ahead of the album’s release on May 6th via Royal Mountain Records, is a shimmering and sun-soaked track fit for a road trip, as the band gear up to head out on the road for the first time on a nationwide Canadian tour. Full dates below.

WATCH: Anyway Gang’s “Real Thing” on YouTube

With a typical tongue in cheek verve, the band explains: “According to Chris, Menno was always obsessed with the song “Even Better Than The Real Thing” by U2. He always wondered what their song was about. Then it occurred to him that it might make the U2 song make more sense if there were a song out there called “Real Thing”, so he set about writing it making sure it was good but not so good that it was better than the U2 song, otherwise what was the point of the whole exercise. Anyway, we hope Bono appreciates this gesture.”

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A few summers ago, some friends from four of Canada’s most notable bands – Dave Monks (Tokyo Police Club), Sam Roberts (Sam Roberts Band), Menno Versteeg (Hollerado), and Chris Murphy (Sloan) – got together to write some songs. They mostly made dad jokes but also jammed on a bunch of songs they all had lying around. After bitter and lengthy negotiations, a 3 chord rule was implemented. This made sense for Sam and Dave’s songs, but required Chris to drop between four to six chords from his and forced Menno to add two. 
 
They recorded a bunch of stuff in a few days and over the year added some ideas here and there and all of a sudden they realized they kinda had an album so they said let’s name ourselves the first thing they thought of and release it. Anyway, they ended up being called Anyway Gang. Their first single, “Big Night“, went to #1 at Alternative Radio. They decided to celebrate by playing exactly 1 show, at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. The show sold out in a matter of minutes, so they decided to quit while they were ahead and not do any more shows.

Well it’s now 2022, and the band is back with a full length record called Still Anyways. This time they even added a 4th chord to some of the songs, and worked in a real studio. To celebrate they’ll be doing their Canadian tour in May, and because they now have more than 8 songs to choose from, they won’t have to play “Big Night” twice like they did at the first show. (They might anyway, but they don’t have to).

Anyway Gang’s “Real Thing” is out now via Royal Mountain Records.
Still Anyways is out on May 6th via Royal Mountain Records. You can pre-order it here.

Still Anyways Tracklist

1. Alternate View
2. Out Of Nowhere
3. Reckless Reckless
4. Real Thing
5. Don’t Give Up On Your Dreams
6. What’s Left Of My Love
7. Remember To Forget
8. Call On Me
9. Love Is Here

Anyway Gang Tour Dates

05/18 – Capital Ballroom – Victoria, BC*
05/19 – Imperial – Vancouver, BC*
05/20 – The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB*
05/21 – Commonwealth – Calgary, AB*
05/24 – Club SAW – Ottawa, ON^
05/25 – Petit Campus – Montreal, QC^
05/27 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON^
05/28 – Bridgeworks – Hamilton, ON^

*w/ Deanna Petcoff ^w/ Wyatt C. Louis

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