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Cancers releasing an LP (stream two tracks)

by Andrew Sacher

Cancers

Athens, GA’s Cancers were in NYC for a show earlier this month with Iron Chic, Waxahatchee/Swearin’ side project Great Thunder, and one of Mikey Erg’s many bands Now People (maybe you caught it?). If you like any of those bands, you’ll most likely dig Cancers too. ’90s alternative rock is the biggest reference point here, and the fact that they got Nirvana/Mudhoney/Soundgarden producer Jack Endino to helm their upcoming debut record, Fatten the Leeches, couldn’t be more appropriate. Their grungy guitars are more than a little inspired by those early Sub Pop bands, but singer Ella Kaspar takes an airier approach, more akin to the dream pop bands of that era. It’s a good mix, as you can hear on new single “Moral Net” which premieres in this post. You can listen below, along with another LP cut, “Be Cool.”

The record comes out on September 16 on CD and digital via the band’s own Kandy Kane Records, and Dead Broke Rekerds (who recently put out the Crow Bait / Nona split) is releasing it on vinyl and cassette. Song streams below…

Cancers – “Moral Net”

Cancers – “Be Cool”

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