Weaves | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock, indie pop, art pop |
Years active | 2012-present |
Members | Jasmyn Burke Morgan Waters Zach Bines Spencer Cole |
Weaves is a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist Jasmyn Burke, guitarist Morgan Waters, drummer Spencer Cole and bassist Zach Bines. [1]
The band was formed in 2012 by Burke and Waters, who first met each other in a bar and began recording demo songs based on files of song ideas Burke recorded on her iPhone. [1] In 2013, Bines and Cole joined the band shortly before recording commenced on their debut EP. They released the self-titled debut EP in 2014, [1] and followed up with a self-titled full-length album in 2016. [2]
The 2016 album was shortlisted for both the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year [3] and the 2017 Polaris Music Prize [4] in 2017, as well as garnering a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Shithole". [5]
The band's second full-length album, Wide Open, was released on October 6, 2017. [6] It was shortlisted for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018. In 2018 they received another SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Walkaway", [7] and the album was a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize. [8]
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