Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang share catchy new single, album release and tour dates

TORONTO, April 12, 2022 – Today, Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang share their new earworm single, “Reckless Reckless” alongside the announcement of their sophomore album, Still Anyways, which is set for release on May 6th via Royal Mountain Records. With a nostalgic home video charting the careers Tokyo Police Club’s Dave Monks, Sloan’s Chris Murphy, Hollerado’s Menno Versteeg and Sam Roberts Band’s eponymous leader, it follows previous tracks “Out Of Nowhere” and “Alternate View”. Working again with producers Gus Van Go (Metric, Arkells) and Nixon Boyd (Hollerado, Dizzy), Still Anyways will see the band heading out on a nationwide tour in May, with full dates below.

WATCH: Anyway Gang’s “Reckless Reckless” on YouTube
 

About the track, the band shares: “This song is a collection of those small leftover memories that transport you back to another world where the grass is greener and the glasses are rose tinted. I think it was easy for the four of us to all relate too since so much of being in a band is an extension of your teenage dreams. There is a lot of common experience there and if was fun picking references and lyrics together that told a story we all loved. Our respective audiences have been on a journey with us and we wanted to relive some of those sweet nostalgic moments with them. And rip a few guitar solos while we’re at it!”

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 some new tunes. 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 “Reckless Reckless” is out now via Royal Mountain Records.
Still Anyways is out on May 6th via Royal Mountain Records. You can pre-order it here.

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

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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