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You Should Know​/​I'm So Glad

by Dany Laj and The Looks

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You are right for me now Don’t you know You’re giving me life You do me good Shoo be do wop Shoo be do wop I’ve been movin all day making the pay Just’a finding a way to make this go Oh you should know now baby woah oh woah That I will never let you go Shoo be do wop Shoo be do wop I’ll find us a place That makes us happy Even if the world is going crazy You will know now baby Don't you know What you mean to me Shoo be do wop Shoo be do wop You’ve been pulling my heart from the very start I’ve been walking on air Oh how it makes me happy You will be loved forever ever evermore You should never ever ever ever be afraid I will never ever ever ever ever ever run away from you Shoo be do wop Shoo be do wop How I'll find us a place That makes us happy Even if the world is going crazy You will be loved forever ever evermore You should never ever ever be afraid I will never ever ever ever ever ever run away from You should know now baby woah oh woah That I will never let you go Shoo be do wop Shoo be do wop You’ve been pulling my heart from the very start I’ve been walking on air Oh how it makes me happy You Should Know (should know)
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I'm So Glad 02:47

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Order the 7" at i-94recordings.com

Dany Laj is a bit of a nomad.

On his last full length record, 2021’s “Ten Easy Pieces”, he had the line “6 towns in 6 years, I kinda like this one”. And yet, still he moves away shortly after that record comes out. While he does move place to place quite a bit, he always settles somewhere in his native Canada (Montreal currently). Sonically he has similar tendencies, not staying in a particular lane but still keeping on the wide road of his overall melodic power pop sound. He’ll swerve into some classic rock, punk, R&B and folk but still stay on course. On his latest single from I-94 Recordings he incorporates some ‘60s girl group and doo wop sounds while still remaining true to the Dany Laj & the Looks backbone.

When you hear it, “You Should Know” it’s Dany Laj. Catchiness is his forte. The melodies hook you in.

Dany has found his partner in musical crime, with Jeanette Dowling plucking the bass and singing along sweetly with him. This time around the core (Dany & Jeanette) are augmented by additional Looks Anna Mernieks-Duffield on guitar and vocals and Mike Mernieks-Duffield on drums. The two couple dynamic is an interesting one. (Abba or Fleetwood Mac, anyone?). They meld together quite nicely.

This is the #7 single in I-94 Recordings Detroit cover “B” side series.

Dany decided to stretch the parameters a bit on the “Detroit” cover. He chose to do “I’m So Glad”, originally released by Skip James (who is not from Detroit) in 1931. How we get the Detroit connection is The Scot Richard Case (later shortened to SRC) had a regional hit with it in their hometown of Detroit in 1967. The Looks version is more akin to this one.

Always the road dog, Dany plans to be back out there with his Looks in 2023, traversing across Canada, the U.S. and abroad. Come out and say hello!


The record comes in multiple variants (both the vinyl and the sleeves):

Classic black vinyl (sleeve variant #1)
Retro Mod Pop Wax Mage vinyl (sleeve variant #2)
Multiple color options vinyl (sleeve variants #3 and #4)

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released November 22, 2022

Dany Laj: Guitar, Vocals

Jeanette Dowling: Bass, Vocals, Percussion
Anna Mernieks-Duffield: Guitar, Vocals
Mike Mernieks-Duffield: Drums

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Dany Laj at La La Pop Shoppe, Montreal QC
Additional recording by Mike Mernieks-Duffield in Toronto ON
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Outta Town Sound, Winnipeg MB

Cover Photos by Courtney O'Hearn, Steve Branson, Mike and Anna Mernieks-Duffield
Art, layout, and additional photography by Jeanette Dowling



You Should Know: Written by Dany Laj

I'm So Glad: Written by Skip James

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Dany Laj And The Looks Montreal, Québec

"Dany Laj writes the kind of tunes full of yearning: for love, for commitment, for purpose, for getting the hell out of town. Fortunately he wraps this angst in the kind of tuneful confections that make fast friends on one spin." - Big Takeover Magazine ... more

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