Bruce Peninsula (band)

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Bruce Peninsula
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Bruce Peninsula, April 2010
Background information
Origin Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active2006 (2006)–present
LabelsBruce Trail,
Outside Music,
Hand Drawn Dracula
MembersMatt Cully
Misha Bower
Neil Haverty
Andrew Barker
Steve McKay
Website bruce-peninsula.com

Bruce Peninsula is a Canadian indie rock band, whose style has been described as "a near indescribable and rousing potpourri of prog, gospel, folk, rock, pop and country." [1] The band consists of core members Matt Cully on vocals and guitar, Misha Bower on vocals, [2] Neil Haverty on vocals, guitar and metallophone, Andrew Barker on bass guitar and lap steel and Steve McKay on drums.

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Bruce Peninsula also regularly features a large choir section, made up of Tamara Lindeman (The Weather Station), Ivy Mairi, Daniella Gesundheit (Snowblink) and Kari Peddle. The choir has previously included Katie Stelmanis (Austra), Casey Mecija (Ohbijou), Isla Craig, Amy Learmonth (the Youngest), Taylor Kirk (Timber Timbre) and Christienne Chesney.

History

Bruce Peninsula was formed in 2006. [1] The band's debut album, A Mountain Is a Mouth, was released in February 2009 on their own Bruce Trail Records. [3] The album was named to the preliminary longlist for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15. [4]

Their second album, the gospel-oriented Open Flames, was released in October 2011 on Hand Drawn Dracula. [5]

In 2012, the band released a 14-minute song cycle entitled Of Songs. [6] The band can also be heard on the soundtrack of the 2016 film Sleeping Giant , [7] and in an Ontario Tourism television advertisement. [8] Haverty has also composed music for film and television, including the films Hazy Little Thing and Wildhood .

The band's third full-length album, No Earthly Sound, was released in 2020. [9]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Compilations

Soundtracks

The music of Bruce Peninsula is also featured in the independent film Small Town Murder Songs .

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Non-linear history lessons". Hour , February 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ Henry Adam Svec , "Bruce Peninsula’s Misha Bower Takes the Greyhound". Noisey , June 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Chris Whibbs, "The Harmony of Bruce Peninsula", Exclaim! , February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Polaris Prize long list announced". Vancouver Sun , June 16, 2009.
  5. ↑ Richard Trapunski, "Bruce Peninsula - Open Flames". Now , September 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ Sarah Murphy (April 24, 2012). "Bruce Peninsula 'Of Songs'". Exclaim .
  7. ↑ Alison Gillmor, "Boys in the woods: Canadian coming-of-age story captures confusion, elation of teen years". Winnipeg Free Press , April 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ Russ Martin, "teaser tourism campaign". Marketing, July 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Vish Khanna, "Bruce Peninsula's 'No Earthly Sound' Marks a Stunning Return from the Toronto Art-Folk Collective". Exclaim! , April 20, 2020.
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