Royal Canoe
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.
History
[edit | edit source]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.)
On 1 July 2025, bassist Brendan Berg was killed in a car crash along with his partner, Olivia Michalczuk. He was 42.[8]
Solo projects
[edit | edit source]In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick.[9] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood".[10][11]
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.[12]
Members
[edit | edit source]- Matt Peters – Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Bucky Driedger – Electric guitar, vocals
- Matt Schellenberg – Keyboards, vocals
- Michael Jordan – Drums
Former members
[edit | edit source]- Derek Allard – Drums
- Brendan Berg – Bass, keyboards, vocals (died 2025)
Discography
[edit | edit source]- Co-Op Mode (2010)
- Extended Play EP (2012)
- Purple & Gold 7 inch (2012)
- Today We're Believers (2013)
- Royal Canoe Does Beck's Song Reader (2014)
- Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit (2016)
- Waver (2019)
- RC3PO (2019)
- Sidelining (2021)
- Vault (2011 - 2021) (2022) (Compilation album of unreleased demos, B-sides and rareties)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT",Royal Canoe
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- ^ "Canadian album of the week: Royal Canoe will make you a believer". North Shore News, John Goodman, 17 June 2014
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- ^ "Royal Canoe's Matt Schellenberg Teams Up with John K. Samson on 'Lovesick' Soundtrack". Exclaim!, 11 January 2017.
- ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". CKNW, 17 January 2017.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Royal Canoe at IMDb
- Royal Canoe Interview
- Royal Canoe at AllMusic
- Royal Canoe discography at Discogs
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