Royal Canoe | |
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![]() Royal Canoe performing at
Atlas Weekend 2017 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop |
Years active | 2010-present |
Royal Canoe [1] is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE. [2] [3] They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club. [4] In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour. [5]
On 2 February 2013 Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. [6] [7] (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick. [8] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood". [9] [10]
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018 they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. [11]
Royal Canoe | |
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![]() Royal Canoe performing at
Atlas Weekend 2017 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop |
Years active | 2010-present |
Royal Canoe [1] is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE. [2] [3] They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club. [4] In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour. [5]
On 2 February 2013 Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. [6] [7] (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick. [8] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood". [9] [10]
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018 they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. [11]