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Johnny Cooke (vocals), Luciano Vargas (vocals/electric guitar), Rikka Mehta (electric guitar), Duncan Timms (bass), and Affluent Mitchell (drums) create the snarly post-punk-influenced shades of Canines. The London five-piece emerged jointly in 2004 and quickly inked an archive deal with Isle in the U.K. prior to the year’s end. First one …

Shaped in 2003 by Johnny Cooke (vocals), Rikki Mehta (guitar), Luciano Vargas (guitar/vocals), Duncan Timms (bass) and Affluent Mitchell (drums), the Canines tapped in to the developing public fervour for fresh UK rock rings in the mid-00s. The quintet obtained rather clichéd evaluations to Razorlight by virtue of posting the …