Hector Gannet - The Great Shakedown Tank And The Bangas SML is a Los Angeles

SML is a Los Angeles based quintet featuring Anna Butterss

which a guest had sung as they were leaving Gabriel’s aunts’ house

The record is unpredictable across its 11 songs

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• Benefit compilation featuring contributions from well-known artists including Alan Sparhawk

Hector Gannet - The Great Shakedown Tank And The Bangas SML is a Los AngelesHector Gannet have always known that place and music are inseparable. For songwriter and guitarist Aaron Duff, North Shields, high on Englands north east coast, shaped by fishing, shipbuilding and the sea, is not just a backdrop but a source. Everything flows from it: the imagery, the politics and the particular stoicism of people who absorb more than their share and keep moving anyway. The Great Shakedown, their third album, is where that source runs