Royal Canoe[1] is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
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Background information | |
Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop |
Years active | 2010-present |
History
editThe band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE.[2][3] They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club.[4] In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour.[5]
On 2 February 2013 Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival.[6][7] (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
Solo projects
editIn 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick.[8] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood".[9][10]
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018 they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.[11]
Members
edit- Matt Peters - Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Bucky Driedger - Electric guitar, vocals
- Matt Schellenberg - Keyboards, vocals
- Brendan Berg - Bass, keyboard, vocals
- Michael Jordan - Drums
Former member
edit- Derek Allard - Drum kit
Discography
edit- Co-Op Mode (2010)
- Extended Play EP (2012)
- Purple & Gold 7 inch (2012)
- Today We're Believers (2013)
- Royal Canoe Does Beck's Song Reader (2014)
- Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit (2016)
- Waver (2019)
- RC3PO (2019)
- Sidelining (2021)
- Vault (2011 - 2021) (2022) (Compilation album of unreleased demos, B-sides and rareties)
References
edit- ^ "SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT",Royal Canoe
- ^ "Meet Winnipeg's Royal Canoe: They love Beck. And making music on computers | Metro News". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Canadian album of the week: Royal Canoe will make you a believer". North Shore News, John Goodman, June 17, 2014
- ^ "Alt-J + Royal Canoe". 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "A Day in the Life: Juno-nominated Winnipeg band Royal Canoe gears up for the awards". National Post. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ Hudson, Alex (8 January 2013). "Royal Canoe Performs Beck's 'Song Reader' and Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld Goes Solo for Winnipeg's New Music Festival". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Royal Canoe / beck". Royal Canoe official website. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Royal Canoe's Matt Schellenberg Teams Up with John K. Samson on 'Lovesick' Soundtrack". Exclaim!, January 11, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". CKNW, January 17, 2017.
- ^ "Screen Awards nominees announced". Winnipeg Free Press. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Paste Magazine". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.