Casper Skulls

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Casper Skulls
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Casper Skulls performing in 2019
Background information
Origin Sudbury and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active2015–present
MembersNeil Bednis
Melanie St-Pierre
Fraser McClean
Aurora Bangarth
Past membersChris 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]

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History

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] Their third album, Kit-Cat, is slated for release in April 2025. [11]

Melanie St-Pierre has also released solo music under the name l'loop. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Toronto’s newest fuzzy, buzzy rock band, Casper Skulls, is ready to bust out". Toronto Star , December 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Sarah Murphy, "2018 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Nominees Revealed". Exclaim! , May 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Love dawns for Casper Skulls founders at River & Sky". Northern Life , July 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sudbury's Casper Skulls Are the Heroes Who Escaped the "Armpit of Ontario". Noisey , October 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Your New Favourite Thing: Casper Skulls". Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, June 11, 2016
  6. ↑ "First Play: Casper Skulls, Mercy Works". CBC Music, October 26, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Casper Skulls' Mercy Works connects big ideas to hooky post-punk". NOW Toronto, by Matt Williams, November 7, 2017
  8. 1 2 "Casper Skulls Launch Crowdfunding Campaign for New Tour Van After Car Crash". Exclaim! , March 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ Russell, Scott (11 April 2019). "PUP Announce Massive Fall Tour in Support of Morbid Stuff". Paste . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim! , August 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ Alex Hudson, "Casper Skulls' "Dying in Eight Verses" Reflects on Generational Cycles of Rock". Exclaim! , March 5, 2025.
  12. ↑ Matt Bobkin, "Casper Skulls' Melanie St-Pierre Shares Debut Song as l'loop". Exclaim! , October 15, 2019.
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