Cargo Records

Winning Is For Losers

An album that utilises electronics, ambience and real-life instruments to create highly addictive beats, deep melodic grooves and tunes that haunt, heal and uplift.

After many years recording and gigging around the UK with other Bristol bands Viki and Owen Shirley got married, retreated to their Bristol home studio and in 2004 began work on a very special and personal project. They called it Canola (the Celtic Goddess of music) Tenderfoot (a novice). And now, three years down the line, Canola Tenderfoot's first album is complete and ready for release on Malicious Damage. Viki's delicious vocals soar above this musical soundscape with delicately crafted lyrics about love, loss, hope & frustration, tales of joy, of friendships and of getting wasted. Apart from their own music, Canola Tenderfoot have worked with Jon Kennedy, Sweet Laredo and The Porcupine, while Viki has lent her charismatic vocals to artists ranging from Bristol's Beard of Meats to the legends that are Sly & Robbie.