LOU CANON

The just-sweet-enough (and only once or twice too-sweet) vocals of school teacher by day/sister-in-law of Hayden by night Lou Canon are infectious and lovely, and are perfectly accented by the sparse, poppy instrumentation of Canon and her kin. Like little lullabies, My Girls and the baroque pop of Here as a Ghost will seep into your subconscious, but it’s that sweetness of More Than You and a cover of The Cure’s Close to Me that really cement Canon as a new, crossover voice in the indie pop world. The singer even gets a little sultry on her debut with To Find Your Bed, proving her subtle diversity as a songwriter and vocalist. Closer After All is a great sing-a-long for the kids, and to be honest, the rest of us.

Published in Volume 66, Number 8 of The Uniter (October 19, 2011)

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