Andy Shauf | |
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 Shauf performing on stage | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 26 May 1987 Estevan, Saskatchewan |
| Origin | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments |
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| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Labels | Arts & Crafts, ANTI- |
| Website | andyshauf.com |
Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Regina, Saskatchewan. [1] He plays several instruments, including guitar, drums, and clarinet. [2]
Shauf was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, grew up in Bienfait, and later moved to Regina. [2] His parents ran an electronics and music store, giving him access to a variety of instruments. [2] He played Christian music with his parents [3] and was a drummer in the Christian pop punk band Captain until 2006. [2]
After two self-released albums in 2006 [4] and 2007 [5] respectively, Shauf released two albums on Hopeless Records: Darker Days (2009) [6] and Waiting for the Sun to Leave (2010). [7] These were followed by the self-released EP Sam Jones Feeds His Demons (2012). [8]
He released the album The Bearer of Bad News independently in 2012. [9] The album was re-released in 2015 on Tender Loving Empire and Party Damage Records. [9] The song "Wendell Walker" from the album was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize. [10]
In 2015, Shauf signed to Arts & Crafts Productions in Canada and ANTI- internationally, releasing the non-album single "Jenny Come Home" as his first release on both labels. [11] "Jenny Come Home" was Shauf's breakthrough on Canadian radio, charting on both CBC Radio 2's Radio 2 Top 20 [12] and CBC Radio 3. [13]
Through early 2016, he toured Europe as an opening act for the Lumineers, [14] and he moved from Saskatchewan to Toronto in April that year. [2]
Shauf's album The Party was released in May 2016. [6] After some experimental recordings with a group of musicians, Shauf ended up playing almost all of the instruments on the album himself, [15] [16] with the exception of the string arrangements, which were written and performed by Colin Nealis. [17] [18] The album was a shortlisted finalist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize [19] [20] and has since been noted by some as the first album to win Shauf widespread recognition. [21] [22] Following the album's release, Shauf toured throughout 2017 with a five-piece band. [23]
In 2018, Shauf released an album with D. A. Kissick, Avery Kissick and Dallas Bryson, under the band name Foxwarren. [24] The self-titled album was released on 30 November 2018 [24] and received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. [25]
On 23 October 2019, Shauf announced that a new album, The Neon Skyline , would be released 24 January 2020. [26] A single, "Things I Do", was released the same day. [26] After the release of The Neon Skyline, Barack Obama featured the title track on his 2020 summer playlist. [27] Commenting on this honor, Shauf stated, "It’s cool to think that Obama, or the Obamas together, have listened to my music. It’s a really nice feeling to think my music has gone that far." [28]
On 24 September 2021, Shauf released the album Wilds, a collection nine songs written and recorded at the same time as The Neon Skyline and described as a "companion piece" to it. [29] [30]
On 10 February 2023, Shauf released Norm . The concept album follows a stalker and has been praised for its use of unreliable narrators and its sinister undertones. [31] [32] [33] The album was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. [34]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [35] | US Heat [36] | ||||||||
| Love and the Memories of It |
| — | — | ||||||
| Grandpa Songs |
| — | — | ||||||
| Darker Days | — | — | |||||||
| Waiting for the Sun to Leave |
| — | — | ||||||
| The Bearer of Bad News | — | — | |||||||
| The Party | — | — | |||||||
| The Neon Skyline |
| 91 | 23 | ||||||
| Wilds |
| — | — | ||||||
| Norm |
| — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee/Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Western Canadian Music Awards | Producer of the Year | Andy Shauf | Won | [45] |
| 2016 | SOCAN Songwriting Prize | English Songwriting Prize | "Wendell Walker" | Nominated | [10] |
| Polaris Music Prize | Best Full-length Canadian Album | The Party | Nominated | [46] | |
| 2017 | Juno Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Andy Shauf | Nominated | [47] |
| Adult Alternative Album of the Year | The Party | Nominated | |||
| Recording Engineer of the Year | "The Magician" | Nominated | |||
| "To You" | Nominated | ||||
| Canadian Independent Music Awards | Album of the Year | The Party | Nominated | [48] | |
| Songwriter of the Year | "The Magician" & "Quite Like You" | Nominated | |||
| Western Canadian Music Awards | BreakOut Artist of the Year | Andy Shauf | Nominated | [49] | |
| Pop Artist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Producer of the Year | The Party | Nominated | |||
| Recording of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Songwriter of the Year | "The Magician" | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Juno Awards | Alternative Album of the Year | Foxwarren | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Juno Awards | Adult Alternative Album of the Year | Wilds | Nominated | [50] |
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