Cousins | |
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Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Genres | Garage rock |
Labels | Saved by Vinyl, Hand Drawn Dracula |
Members | Aaron Mangle Leigh Dotey |
Cousins is a Canadian garage rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1] They have released three albums and toured in Canada and the United States.
First formed in 2006, [2] the band has had a variety of lineups. Its constant members have been singer/songwriter and guitarist Aaron Mangle, and drummer Leigh Dotey, who are not cousins. [1] [3] They released their debut album, Out on Town, independently in 2009, and toured around Canada in support of the album in 2010, [4] including at Pop Montreal. [5] They signed to Saved by Vinyl for their 2012 album The Palm at the End of the Mind. [2] In 2012 the band toured extensively across Canada and the United States, [2] [6] sometimes with Mangle and Dotey playing as a duo, [7] and often as a group of three or four musicians. [8]
Their third full-length album, The Halls of Wickwire, was released May 13, 2014 on Hand Drawn Dracula. [9] [10] The album was produced by Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck, [2] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. [11]
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