Casper Skulls | |
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 Casper Skulls performing in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sudbury and Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Members | Neil Bednis Melanie St-Pierre Fraser McClean Aurora Bangarth |
| Past members | Chris Anthony |
Casper Skulls are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. [1] They are most noted for receiving a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2018 for their song "Lingua Franca". [2]
Casper Skulls was formed in 2015 by Neil Bednis and Melanie St-Pierre, musicians and romantic partners from Sudbury [3] who moved to the Toronto area when St-Pierre started studying art and design at Sheridan College. [1] They added bassist Fraser McClean and drummer Chris Anthony, [1] and began performing in Toronto venues. In 2016 they signed with Buzz Records and released their debut EP Lips & Skull. [4] [5]
In 2017, they released their debut full-length album, Mercy Works. [6] [7] During their tour to support the album, they were involved in a vehicle collision en route to SXSW, and launched a crowdfunding campaign to assist in paying for a new tour van. [8] The band members themselves were uninjured, and were able to get to Austin to perform. [8]
In 2019, they went on tour as a supporting act for PUP, a punk rock group from Toronto, on their Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse. [9]
The band released its second full-length album, Knows No Kindness, in 2021. [10]
Melanie St-Pierre has also released solo music under the name l'loop. [11]
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