Cannon Bros. are a Canadian indie pop group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, consisting of Cole Woods and Alannah Walker. [1] They are most noted for their 2011 album Firecracker/Cloudglow, which was longlisted for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize. [2]
Childhood friends since elementary school, Woods and Walker formed their first band, The Playing Cards, in grade 8. [3] In that form they played at least one show in Winnipeg as an opening act for Great Lake Swimmers, [3] and were later active as supporting musicians for singer-songwriter Greg MacPherson before reforming as Cannon Bros. They released their debut EP in 2010. [4]
In 2011 the Cannon Bros released an album, Firecracker/Cloudglow. [5] The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Albums chart in January, 2012. [6]
They followed up with the album Dream City in 2015. [7] This album also received significant airplay on campus and community radio, and appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December that year. [8] The band continued performing in Winnipeg in 2016. [9]