Canseco | nl

The Cansecos are Bill Halliday and Gareth Jones with Paul Prince and Dan McCormick filling out the band on stage. The Cansecos are on the Toronto based Upper Class label, headed by Jones. Though their initial self-titled release draws from many genres, their music is characterised by indie rock lyrics, dance beats, and DIY production techniques wrapped in a standard pop format. Their sound has been compared to Manitoba and label-mates The Russian Futurists. .

After establishing a name for themselves with the songs they provided for the "Viejos Tiempos, Nuevos Amigos" compilation right along to some of the most important bands in the new independent movement in Mexican rock, Canseco, the quartet from Tijuana, set their sights in planning what it would turn out to be their first full-length album. When it came to it, there was only one approach in order to create the sound that they had in mind for what it would turn out to be "El Tiempo y la Ciudad" ("The Time and The City"). That was to grab a...