The Franklin Electric

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The Franklin Electric
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Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres indie folk
Years active2014-present
LabelsNettwerk Music Group
MembersJon Matte
Past membersJean-Sébastien Leblanc
Johnny Griffin
Alexis Messier
Liam Killen
Kevin Warren
Katherine McNally
Website Official website

The Franklin Electric are a Canadian indie folk collective formed by singer-songwriter Jon Matte from Montreal, Quebec, [1] most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018. [2] The band's core member is singer and guitarist Jon Matte, with a rotating line up of supporting musicians that currently include Paul Lucyk on bass and Keyboards, Pete Pételle on drums and James Clayton on guitar. [3]

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History

The Franklin Electric's debut album, This Is How I Let You Down, was self-released in 2013 before being reissued in 2014 by Indica Records. [1] [4] The album was supported with a cross-Canada tour, as well as several dates as an opening act for other bands in Europe. [5] The band created an animated video for the song "The Strongest Man Alive". [6]

The group released a second album, Blue Ceilings in February 2017; [7] the songs are an eclectic mix of folk, pop, and electronic indie pop. [8] They toured in Canada and Australia in support of the album, [3] and then went on to perform in Germany in April. [9]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 "This is how they find the spotlight; The Franklin Electric's debut receives the re-release it deserves, exposing the band's refined folk-pop to a wider audience". Montreal Gazette , May 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Montreal band Franklin Electric enjoys the power of the ride". Montreal Gazette , March 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Album Review: The Franklin Electric". Mad Sound Magazine, November 5, 2016, Sydney Hildebrandt
  5. ↑ "Phase two begins; The Franklin Electric winds up banner year with pair of shows before taking break to write new songs for sophomore album". Montreal Gazette , December 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Franklin Electric: Blue Ceilings (Review) ". Music Reviews, Thoralf Koß, 25.02.2017.
  7. ↑ "The Franklin Electric brings Blue Ceilings to Sherbrooke". Sherbrooke Record , March 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Franklin Electric : entre ciel et terre". Le Journal de Montréal, Ariane Labrèche Ariane Labrèche, 22 February 2017
  9. ↑ "No business like show business: The Franklin Electric Live Review". Indi Berlin, April 7, 2017
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