# JJ MCCANN TRANSMISSION Releases Single “Forces At Work” Off Next Album ‘Hit With Love’

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- Published: 2023-08-17T14:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **JJ McCANN TRANSMISSION – AKA VETERAN UNDERGROUND ROCKER JAMES McCANN – ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM **_**HIT WITH LOVE**_** AND RELEASES FIRST SINGLE “FORCES AT WORK”**

#### **NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY ROB YOUNGER OF RADIO BIRDMAN & NEW CHRISTS, WHO HAS PRODUCED COUNTLESS GREAT AUSTRALIAN ROCK RECORDS, FROM DIED PRETTY TO CIVIC**

[⌊JJ McCann Transmission album cover⌉⌊JJ McCann Transmission album cover⌉[

**JJ McCann Transmission** – aka **James McCann** – has a long history in Australian
rock circles (in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne) and has had a bunch of releases out
in France and Spain. James’ new album – his first under the new **JJ McCann Transmission**
moniker – is called _**Hit With Love**_ and it was produced by **Rob Younger** of**
Radio Birdman** and **the New Christs** who produced every second great Australian
rock record in the 80s and 90s (**Died Pretty, Hard-Ons, Lime Spiders, Celibate 
Rifles, Hoodoo Gurus** etc)  and who more recently produced **Civic**‘s _**Taken
By Force**_. It is a scorcher. It’s out September 15. First single **‘Forces At 
Work’ **is out today.

The new single and album are McCann’s first new releases since he co-produced the
acclaimed tribute to his old mate **Spencer P Jones**, _**All The Way With SPJ**_,
which included **Chris Bailey of The Saints, Kid Congo, Adalita, Violent Femmes,
Alejandro Escovedo, Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil, The Drones, Hoss** and more.

**“If you’re going play in a band, you’ve got to piss on demand”**. So sings **James
McCann** on **‘Piss on Demand’**, a shredding punk rock track co-written with the
late **Spencer P Jones** taken from McCann’s new album, _Hit With Love_.

[⌊JJ McCann Transmission⌉⌊JJ McCann Transmission⌉[

**JJ MCCANN TRANSMISSION / JAMES MCCANN ALBUM BIO
(by Patrick Emery, author of _Execution
Days: The Life & Times of Spencer P. Jones_)

A 30-year veteran of the Australian rock’n’roll scene, McCann knows something about
the brutal reality of the independent music scene. After cutting his teeth in the
vibrant Perth music community, McCann moved to Sydney in the early 1990s where he
joined the **Hard-Ons** spin-off outfit **Nunchukka Superfly** and formed **Harpoon**
before moving back to Perth and the first line up of **The Drones **and an association
with **Kill Devil Hills.** 

He moved to Melbourne in the mid 2000s to pursue a variety of solo and collaborative
projects – early solo albums were recorded by and featured **Gareth Liddiard** of**
The Drones** and a young **Aaron Cupples** and also featured **Jim Selene** of **
Bloodloss** – punctuated with Europe tours to support releases on **Bang! Records**
and **Beast Records**.

**_Hit With Love_**, McCann’s first album released under the **JJ McCann Transmission**
moniker, was produced by legendary **Radio Birdman** and **New Christs** front man**
Rob Younger**, and features contributions from members of **Bitter Sweet Kicks**,**
Ron S Peno and the Superstitions**, **Los Dominados** and **The Happy Lonesome**.

Songs like **‘Forces at Work’**, **‘Don’t Bother Me’,** **‘She’s Repatriated’ **
and **‘Blindsided’ **would be at home in the booze stained venues and shagpile carpet
sharehouses of Australian inner-city music scenes of yore. **‘Amphibious Skin’ **
and** ‘New Machine’ **pack an angular post-punk punch, while **‘Sentimental Crap’**
takes a booze and blues-stained axe to misconceived nostalgia.

This is an album that drips with reverence for the past and bursts with passion 
for the future of rock’n’roll. Get it now and feel the love.

[⌊JJ McCann Transmission⌉⌊JJ McCann Transmission⌉[

“James’ first impressed me years ago fronting Harpoon. I told him it was ‘Outlaw
Rock’. The bastards had blown my band off the stage. Mean as cat-shit and instinctive,
uncontrived, unpredictable. That was his vibe then as now: implacable and impeccable
in articulation, blessed with a genuine sneer; not mannerism passing for attitude.
Vision, not a version. and not without humour when the occasion warrants, like, 
when he sees fit.

“James is right in the centre of everything he’s putting out when singing, hacking
away at the guitar and songwriting. There is no affectation, no half-arsed attempting
to convince – he’s the real article in a cluttered field where a good many pretend.
Get behind James McCann before he gets behind you” – **Rob Younger (Radio Birdman,
New Christs)**

“James McCann’s well-crafted ballads and catchy hooks have a punk rock edge that
is seriously addictive. There is something wild and exciting about his performances.
He is an all-rounder, equally adept as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter” **– 
Penny Ikinger (Wet Taxis, Penny Ikinger Band)**

“James McCann can do it all – blues, country, punk, even a hint of pop when he’s
in a good mood. In a just world, he’d be feted as a legend of the Australian independent
rock’n’roll scene. But McCann’s talent as a songwriter and musician hides in plain
sight, which only adds to the significance of his rich and diverse musical catalogue.”**–
Patrick Emery (music journalist, author of **_**Execution Days: The Life & Times
of Spencer P. Jones**_**)**  

**JJ McCANN TRANSMISSION’s new single “FORCES AT WORK” is out today**
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