Canadian Supergroup ‘Anyway Gang’ Share New Single “Out Of Nowhere”
Canadian Tour Dates To Be Announced On March 11th
TORONTO, ON, March 2, 2022 – Fresh off the heels of their sprawling circus narrative “Alternate View“, Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang have returned with their latest offering, “Out Of Nowhere“. While “Alternate View” had Hollerado‘s Menno Versteeg front and centre, the anthemic “Out Of Nowhere” sees Sam Roberts lead the line as Anyway Gang (rounded out by Tokyo Police Club‘s Dave Monks and Sloan‘s Chris Murphy) deliver another slice of Canadian pop-rock glory.
Working once more with producers Gus Van Go (Metric, Arkells) and Nixon Boyd (Hollerado, Dizzy), the track comes alongside a teasing announcement of upcoming tour dates from the band, with the dates and venues to be announced on March 11th.
WATCH: Anyway Gang’s “Out Of Nowhere” on YouTube
On the track, the band muse: “As artists often are, Sam was somewhat unable to put a finger on the moment of divine inspiration behind the song “Out of Nowhere”. The evil record label, never satisfied with anything really, sent Sam deep into the badlands of Alberta with a handful of Peyote and instructions to “Don’t bother coming back unless you have some god damn answers for our Department of Creative Metrics!!!!””
They continue, “Months later Sam returned with the following carved into his forearm: “Track Synopsis: ‘Knives out! The Kings and Queens are face down in their plates of wild boar and sleeping pills. Out from the shadows, the squires and knaves creep with blunt kitchen knives…are they out for blood? the throne? or just a quick taste from the old Master’s table….’“
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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 some new tunes. This time they even added a 4th chord to some of the songs, and worked in a real studio with producers Gus Van Go (Metric, Arkells) and Nixon Boyd (Hollerado, Dizzy). To celebrate they will be doing a 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 “Out Of Nowhere” is out now via Royal Mountain Records. It is available here.
by Conor Mackie
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