| Mutant Message | ||||
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| Studio album by By Divine Right | ||||
| Released | December 8, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Hand Drawn Dracula | |||
| Producer | José Miguel Contreras | |||
| By Divine Right chronology | ||||
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Mutant Message is an album by the Canadian indie rock band By Divine Right, released on December 8, 2009, on Hand Drawn Dracula. [1] It was the band's first album since Sweet Confusion in 2004.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.
Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US and Britpop bands in the UK broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective. In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.
By Divine Right is a Canadian indie rock band led by the guitarist and vocalist José Miguel Contreras.
The album was produced by José Miguel Contreras. The band's line up on the album consists of Contreras, Stew Heyduk and Darcy Rego, with guest vocals from Jason Nunes and Lily Frost.
Lily Frost, born Lindsey Frost Davis, is a Canadian independent singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. Bilingual in French and English, she is a cross-genre, multi disciplinary singer/songwriter/performer and recording artist. She also designs jewelry, teaches yoga and vocals.
The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. [2]
The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010. The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic.
