Dany Laj and The Looks – “Meet Me On The Floor” [Video]

Our good friends Dany Laj and the Looks are at it again! Montreal’s power pop outfit have returned with a brand new track, ‘Meet Me On the Floor’ which just hit the streets on August 23rd.

The band hasn’t been able to do their usual brand of extensive touring since 2019, and was getting restless. “Honestly, we were sick of not touring,” says Laj. “We miss it and the road is where we belong.”

That all changed when Laj received a message one late night in March, culminating in a conversation leading to the beginnings of a good old fashioned tour – Laj decided at that moment to dust off the van and get the band back together, as they say. Things were starting to line up and shows were getting booked, and as the reality set in, excitement was sparking within the ranks of The Looks. “In 2021 we made what we thought was a great record, ‘Ten Easy Pieces’,” continued Laj. “But we haven’t had a chance to tour it yet. Every time we tried to go out on the road, the world just kept stopping.”

Once the wheels were set in motion, Dany Laj and the Looks needed a party anthem – there’s no better cure for a bad day than a good party, after all. Laj put his songwriting skills to work, and set out writing what would become ‘Meet Me On the Floor’.

Recorded at the band’s own Montreal studio, La La Pop Shoppe, ‘Meet Me On the Floor’ is the band at its power poppiest, garage rockiest best. Featuring alongside Laj’s lead vocals and guitar is longtime bassist/vocalist Jeanette Dowling, as well as new Looks David Laplante on guitar and drummer Alex Pauzé keeping your feet on the dance floor (with a guest cameo from Stacey Case [Tijuana Bibles, Weirdies] on tambourine).

The Looks will (finally!) be hitting the road once again this fall, journeying from Northern Ontario to BC with K-Man & The 45s starting in Sept through mid-October, and then heading out on their own until the end of October in the US, from the Midwest to the Northeast. They’ll pick it back up again in November, playing Canadian dates with Paul Collins’ Beat. All dates listed below.

LIVE AND IN PERSON:
Sept 7th Kirkland Lake ON @ The Fed w/ Pop Punk Project
Sept 26th North Bay ON @ Lou Dawg’s w/ Smooth Brains
Sept 27th Sudbury ON @ The Towne House
Sept 28th Sault Ste. Marie @ Black Pirate Pub
Oct 1st Thunder Bay ON @ Black Pirate’s w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 2nd Winnipeg MB @ Bulldog’s w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 3rd Regina SK @ Cure Kitchen w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 4th Calgary AB @ Palomino’s w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 5th Edmonton AB @ The Aviary w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 6th Jasper AB @ The Whistle Stop w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 7th Banff AB @ Rose & Crown w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 8th Kelowna BC @ Jackknife Brewery w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 9th Penticton BC @ Clancy’s w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 10th Victoria BC @ Lucky Bar w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 11th Vancouver BC @ Lana Lou’s w/ K-man & The 45’s
Oct 17th Minneapolis MN @ Uptown VFM
Oct 19th Green Bay WI @ UFO Museum
Oct 20th Rockford IL @ Mary’s Place
Oct 21st Dayton OH @ Blind Bob’s
Oct 22nd Detroit MI @ Outer Limits Lounge
Oct 24th New York NY @ Berlin under A w/ Movie Movie
Oct 25th Rochester NY @ Lux Lounge w/ Sweet Pete
Nov 7th Montreal QC @ Le Ritz w/ Paul Collins’ Beat
Nov 8th Burnstown ON @ The Neat Cafe w/ Paul Collins’ Beat
Nov 9th Tillsonburg ON @ Paddy’s Underground w/ Paul Collins’ Beat
Nov 10th Toronto ON @ The Garrison w/ Paul Collins’ Beat