Member Since: 07/12/2007
Band Website: None.
Band Members: He Poet and the beautiful Cooling Pearls.
Influences: Radiohead. Nick Drake. R.E.M. Pablo Picasso. This World. Gaynor Jenkins. The National. Damon Albarn. War. The Velvet Underground. Elliott Smith. Love.
Sounds Like: “Aiden Canaday gives a good
impression of a man who’s only up
there singing because he fell on to the
stage accidentally while trying to get
to the bar to buy his eighth pint and
felt too embarrassed to walk away.
Behind him his band is a sparse and
untidy combination of acoustic guitar,
violin and occasional melodica. And
yet despite the shambolic nature of it,
it’s a charming set Aiden performs:
his unruly mop of hair and battered
trilby reflecting his sweetly roughhewn
voice that carries more soul
than any Brit-schooled starlet ever
could. We only catch three songs but
it’s enough to make us want more.†- Dale Kattack, Nightshift May 2009.
Record Label: Poor Recordings.
Type of Label: Unsigned