-
tsqdance posted this
KEITH CANISIUS’ THE GREAT WHITE SHARK EP
Keith Canisius is easily the most proficient musical artist I have ever heard. An American born Danish musician, so far his work has run the gamut from shoegaze and dream pop to chillwave, and even ambient music. Naively dream-like, stellar, and ecstatic don’t even begin to describe the spectacular quality of everything he has released to date. Right now, it seems that he’s taking a break from his work in ambient tones to release what he described to me as being more pop-oriented music.
While I will have to respectfully disagree with Mr. Canisius due to the fact that his music will sadly never reach the heights of popularity that it so badly deserves, there is very much a radio friendliness present in The Great White Shark EP that I haven’t heard so starkly since his tragically short career with Rumskib.
Banging right along with a bouncing balearic beat, the EP kickstarts with the synth-heavy title track, as Keith recounts in his trademark lilting falsetto the old 1916 tale that apparently inspired the story of Jaws. Thick and hard-hitting, the momentum carries out through the next two numbers, which feature a much more apparent shoegaze influence. Uncharacteristically devoid of layers upon of layers of audio tracks, the release’s icebreaking centerpiece cuts through the shoegaze haze with a playfully simple refrain (yeah i oh…) and his typical Robin Guthrie-on-ecstasy guitar tuning. The last two jams are equal parts shredding guitar and twinkling synth, with only the most heavily warped of vocals bleeding and swirling through the aural cloud cover. As per usual, Mr. Canisius takes us to his familiar dream land and back again, and all that in just over fifteen short minutes that will delight or at least titillate fans of shoegaze, downtempo, and chillwave alike. The Great White Shark EP is available at your own choice of price via his new Bandcamp page, so get yourself a copy and help a brother out. I hear he’s trying to support a fixie addiction right now, so do tha right thing and donate to green independent music today!
MP3 Download of “The Great White Shark”, by Keith Canisius (from The Great White Shark EP)
MP3 Download of “Kill Your Systems for Earth”, by Keith Canisius (from This Time It’s Our High)
