Mounties (band)

Mounties
Mounties performing in 2016
Mounties performing in 2016
Background information
OriginToronto, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Years active2013–present
LabelsLight Organ
Members

Mounties are a Canadian indie rock supergroup consisting of singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat, and Ryan Dahle of the Age of Electric/Limblifter.[1]

History

Workman, Bays, and Dahle first discussed the possibility of a collaboration while socializing during the 2009 Juno Awards.[2][3] They began jamming and writing songs together in 2012,[4] and the trio released its debut single, "Headphones", in January 2013.[2] The song's video consists of a clip from the 1980s Canadian children's television series Téléfrançais.[2]

Their debut full-length album, Thrash Rock Legacy, was released on March 4, 2014, on Light Organ Records.[5] Soon after, Mounties performed at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.[6][7]

An eclectic mix of pop, rock, and electronica,[3] Thrash Rock Legacy was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[8] The group was named SIRIUSXM Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2014 SIRIUSXM Indie Awards.[9]

In March 2018, they released a new single called "Burning Money".[10] It was followed in February 2019 by their second album, Heavy Meta.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

  • Thrash Rock Legacy (2014)
  • Heavy Meta (2019)

Singles

  • "Headphones"
  • "Burning Money"
  • "Canoe Song”
  • "De-Evolve Again”

References

  1. ^ "Hawksley Workman starts new band with Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays and Limblifter's Ryan Dahle". CBC Music, January 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "A new band for Hawksley Workman". The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "The Mounties' Ryan Dahle talks Thrash Rock Legacy and the band's songwriting style". Calgary Herald, December 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mounties: Hook-hunting supergroup have chemistry and melody in spades". NOW Magazine, by Joshua Kloke. October 30, 2014
  5. ^ "Mounties, 'Thrash Rock Legacy'" Archived June 22, 2014, at archive.today. Exclaim!, February 25, 2014.
  6. ^ "Mounties' Vancouver debut delivers dialled-in dynamics". Georgia Straight, by Gregory Adams on March 22, 2014
  7. ^ "MOUNTIES: COMMODORE BALLROOM, MARCH 21, 2014". BeatRoute, 3rd, April 2014. Kristina Charania
  8. ^ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list" Archived July 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Aux, June 19, 2014.
  9. ^ "2014 SIRIUSXM Indie Awards". May 10, 2014.
  10. ^ "Mounties "Burning Money". Exclaim!, Alex Hudson March 3, 2018