Status/Non-Status
Status/Non-Status | |
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| Status/Non-Status photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Diving Bell Social Club. Status/Non-Status photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Diving Bell Social Club. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Guelph, Ontario |
| Genres | Alternative, Folk |
| Years active | (2009–present) |
| Labels | Out Of Sound Records, You've Changed Records |
| Members |
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| Website | https://statusnonstatus.bandcamp.com |
Status/Non-Status is a Canadian alternative rock band from London, Ontario, led by Anishinaabe-Canadian singer-songwriter Adam Sturgeon.[1] The band is most noted for its 2019 album Warrior Down, which was longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.[2]
Background
[edit | edit source]Sturgeon was born on March 19, 1984, in Erin, Ontario, and is the son of former National Hockey League player Peter Sturgeon. Like his father, Sturgeon was a hockey player in the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League before his career was ended by an arm injury.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]WHOOP-Szo
[edit | edit source]WHOOP-Szo was founded in Guelph, Ontario in 2009 by Adam Sturgeon and Kirsten Kurvink Palm.[4] The band's original name came from Margaret Craven's I Heard the Owl Call My Name.[5] When the band relocated to London, Ontario, several years after their formation, they expanded and incorporated three new members: Joe Thorner, Andrew Lennox, and Eric Lourenço.[4]
In 2014, WHOOP-Szo released the two-part album Qallunaat/Odemin. The record was inspired by the band's year long stay in Salluit, Quebec, working with indigenous youth.[6]
In March 2019, as part of Juno Week for the 2019 JUNO Awards, WHOOP-Szo opened for Canadian metal band Voivod.[7] In November 2019, WHOOP-Szo put out their album Warrior Down through You've Changed Records, which made the 2020 Polaris Music Prize longlist.[8][9] Warrior Down features Sturgeon's grandfather on the cover, a survivor of Canada's Residential School system.[10]
WHOOP-Szo was set to embark on a North American tour in 2020.[11] In mid-March 2020, after playing only a handful of shows, the band was forced to cancel the remainder of their tour due to COVID-19 restrictions.[12][9]
Status/Non-Status
[edit | edit source]In 2021, Sturgeon announced that he was changing the project's name to Status/Non-Status, calling attention to the political and legal distinction between status and non-status indigenous people in Canada.[1] Concurrently, he released the EP 1 2 3 4 500 Years,[1] which was recorded in 2018 during a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico.[13]
On September 23, the band's sophomore album Surely Travel was released.[14] The band released a surprise EP on January 3, 2023, titled January 3, consisting of three songs that were held back from making the cut for Surely Travel.[15]
Collaborations
[edit | edit source]Sturgeon has also collaborated with Daniel Monkman of Zoon in OMBIIGIZI, releasing their debut collaborative album Sewn Back Together in 2022 and were shortlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.[16][17]
Discography
[edit | edit source]WHOOP-Szo
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- Citizen's Ban(ne)d Radio (2016)
- Warrior Down (2019)
- Warrior Remixes (2020)
Status/Non-Status
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 3 4 500 Years (2021)
- Surely Travel (2022)
- January 3rd (2023)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity". Exclaim!, April 28, 2021.
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- ^ Alex Hudson, "Adam Sturgeon of Status/Non-Status and OMBIIGIZI Reflects Back on His Professional Hockey Career". Exclaim!, March 11, 2022.
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- ^ Holly Gordon, "How a new EP and name are helping Status/Non-Status interrogate the effects of colonization". CBC Music, June 8, 2021.
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- ^ Alan Ranta, "OMBIIGIZI Make Noise with a Purpose on 'Sewn Back Together'". Exclaim!, February 9, 2022.
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