Canshaker Pi have released their new video for Put A Record Out and have also announced their ‘Naughty Naughty Violence’ tour for this May including a show at The Old Blue Last in addition to their previously announced set at The Great Escape. Watch the video clip via YouTube below.
Full May tour dates
04 Skatecafe / Amsterdam (NL) / TICKETS
09 King Tuts Wah Wah Hut / Glasgow (UK) / TICKETS
10 Underground / Newcastle (UK) / TICKETS
11 The Old Blue Last / London (UK) / TICKETS
12 FOCUS Wales / Wrexham (UK) / TICKETS
13 Lending Room / Leeds (UK) / TICKETS
14 Southbank Social Club / York (UK)
15 The Adelphi / Hull (UK) TICKETS
16 Jimmy’s / Manchester (UK) / TICKETS
18-19 The Great Escape / Brighton (UK) / TICKETS
21 Espace B / Paris (FR) / TICKETS
22 The Message / Troyes (FR)
After impressing the likes of DIY, Clash, Drowned in Sound and many more at their Eurosonic performance at the start of 2018, Canshaker Pi are now set to release their new album, ‘Naughty Naughty Violence’. From supporting names such as Car Seat Headrest and Parquet Courts, to local friends Pip Blom, and indie legends The Cribs, the band have absorbed all the skill that surrounds them and poured it into the new record. The Amsterdam quartet burst into the world of indie-rock at such a young age and yet have been no strangers to the more mature sounds of Pavement – in fact, Stephen Malkmus helped to produce the band’s debut LP and in 2017 they toured 15 countries and played 27 shows with Scott Kannberg’s Spiral Stairs.
‘Naughty Naughty Violence’ takes the promise and excitement of a debut and refines the style and signature sound of the band to create something unmistakably unique. This strain of ‘slacker’ rock is steadfast, unwavering, and resolute in its own identity. Tracks like Smurf and the thundering But Why could effortlessly slip themselves into any Pavement fan’s record collection as they celebrate their influences in a way that is both familiar and new. The 5-am stumbling sensation of ‘Legless’ later on in the record captures a dogged yet bewildered atmosphere of a come-down with Willem Smit reassuring the listener to “embrace your fate and crawl on, you’ll be back on your feet”. This underlying despair is then quickly superseded by the addictive ‘Indie Academy’ that revels in joyful sardonicism and self-referential humour.
Canshaker Pi have quickly become one of Holland’s most exciting bands and after playing every major festival in The Netherlands, 2018 sees them stop-off at the likes of SXSW and The Great Escape to the delight of US and UK fans.
Raw energy paired with tight instrumentation and sharp-witted lyricism can result in remarkable results and ‘Naughty Naughty Violence’ nails them all.
