Toronto based indie rock connoisseurs Hooded fang may well have been operating since 2007, though a big deal in their home country of Canada, and with the upcoming release of their 2nd UK album ( 27th May) in as many years why haven’t they conquered our shores?
Their first album self-titled album (not physically released here) was a calming breeze, songs such as “highway steam” and “promised land” making use of brass, keyboards to cover light hearted songs of getting lost in cities in the summer or running from mutant bears. It was the summer holidays on a disc.
Last years’ Tosta Mista was the ultimate break-up album of lead singer Daniel Lee, why? Because it was the most upbeat soundtrack to a heartbreak I’ve ever heard. Take key singles “Clap” and “Vacationion” with their nonsensical “ba ba bas” and surf style guitar, you’ll have been mistaken to think the beach boys have been renting a garage next to Hooded Fang. Songs rarely lasted longer then 2 and a half minutes, but why do they need to when you already new the lyrics by half way? Despite losing fallow lead vocalist Lorna Wright and their horn section, the band used this to their advantage to strip back their sound to a much more Indie-Garage sheik that they managed to polish up perfectly on the album