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Ours To Destroy | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Genres | folk rock |
Years active | 2004 present |
Labels | The Sound Mind Records |
Members | Steven Dodd Eric Ewin Roland Griffith David Morley |
Website | ourstodestroy |
Ours To Destroy | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 5 February 2006 |
Genre | experimental rock |
Length | 43:00 |
Label | The Sound Mind Records |
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Source | Rating |
Chart Attack | link [usurped] |
New Music Canada | link |
CreativeLoafing.com | link |
Indie-Music.com | link |
Ours To Destroy is a Canadian folk rock band from Calgary. The current line-up is David Morley, Steven Dodd, and Roland Griffith. The band's name is taken from Jeff Tweedy's reference to their music "We made it, it's ours to destroy" in the Wilco documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart on the making of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
The band formed in 2004 and released their first eponymous full-length CD Ours To Destroy in 2006. The CD has received favorable reviews for its experimental nature and exploration of genres. [1]
Ours to destroy toured in 2008, culminating in Toronto's NXNE Festival playing at Lee's Palace with Besnard Lakes and Swervedriver.
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