The Goal Gigolo. Canyons and Locusts

It's only in December 2023 that Canyons and Locusts debuted on this blog with single 'To Art Bell'. That's 15 months. And yet, the duo can be found several times on this blog, with a few singles and it's EP 'The Red Angel' of about a year ago. To put it mildly, Canyons and Locusts is not holding back with the proliferation of its music nor with that music on The Goal Gigolo.

Bat your eyes and a song is over already. When there's no need to extend a song the duo doesn't, as in with nearly all songs. Two minutes is long in other words. In return the listener gets extremely focused songs where everything is in its place, guitar, drums, bass, some overdubbed guitars and the rough voice of singer/guitarist Justin Keane The drums are pounded on by Amy Young. Together they practice the art of alternative/garage/punk rock to near perfection. Near, as there may be a rhythm hiccup that is simply left as is.

It is of no use to pick out an individual song. Canyons and Locusts starts a song and goes off in the tempo of choice, until the story is told and the music played. In that time between one and two minutes it gives it its all. And yes, that may even be in mid-tempo which is compensated by a punkrocker that follows next.

Photo: Canyons and Locusts

There's one great point for individuals that may not be fans of the one or the other song. When they are so short, reaching for the remote may be too slow! For someone like me it's fun up and down the record. Do mind though that the final song is 2 minutes seven seconds. It's not called 'It's A Long Goodbye' for nothing :-). (And there's one song of three minutes, I know.)

With The Goal Gigolo Canyons and Locusts deliver everything it promised on in the past fifteen months. Fast and urgent music and very enjoyable at that. I have one question. What is "Mouth" of Mouth and MacNeal doing on the cover?

Wout de Natris - van der Borght

 

You can listen to and order The Goal Gigolo here:

https://canyonsandlocusts.bandcamp.com/album/the-goal-gigolo