Royal Canoe

Royal Canoe
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

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.)

Solo projects

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]

Members

• Matt Peters - Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Bucky Driedger - Electric guitar, vocals
• Matt Schellenberg - Keyboards, vocals
• Brendan Berg - Bass, keyboard, vocals
• Michael Jordan - Drums

Former member

• Derek Allard - Drum kit

Discography

• 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

1. "SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT",Royal Canoe
2. "Meet Winnipeg's Royal Canoe: They love Beck. And making music on computers | Metro News". Retrieved 2016-09-22.
3. "Canadian album of the week: Royal Canoe will make you a believer". North Shore News, John Goodman, June 17, 2014
4. "Alt-J + Royal Canoe". 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
5. "A Day in the Life: Juno-nominated Winnipeg band Royal Canoe gears up for the awards". National Post. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
6. Hudson, Alex (8 January 2013). "Royal Canoe Performs Beck's 'Song Reader' and Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld Goes Solo for Winnipeg's New Music Festival". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
7. "Royal Canoe / beck". Royal Canoe official website. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
8. "Royal Canoe's Matt Schellenberg Teams Up with John K. Samson on 'Lovesick' Soundtrack". Exclaim!, January 11, 2017.
9. "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". CKNW, January 17, 2017.
10. "Screen Awards nominees announced". Winnipeg Free Press. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
11. "Paste Magazine". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.

External links

• Official website
• Royal Canoe at IMDb
• Royal Canoe Interview
• Royal Canoe at AllMusic