Bruce Peninsula | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock |
Years active | 2006 | –present
Labels | Bruce Trail, Outside Music, Hand Drawn Dracula |
Members | Matt Cully Misha Bower Neil Haverty Andrew Barker Steve McKay |
Website |
bruce-peninsula |
Bruce Peninsula is a Canadian indie rock band, whose style has been described as "a near indescribable and rousing potpourri of prog, gospel, folk, rock, pop and country." [1] The band consists of core members Matt Cully on vocals and guitar, Misha Bower on vocals, [2] Neil Haverty on vocals, guitar and metallophone, Andrew Barker on bass guitar and lap steel and Steve McKay on drums.
Bruce Peninsula also regularly features a large choir section, made up of Tamara Lindeman ( The Weather Station), Ivy Mairi, Daniella Gesundheit ( Snowblink) and Kari Peddle. The choir has previously included Katie Stelmanis ( Austra), Casey Mecija ( Ohbijou), Isla Craig, Amy Learmonth (the Youngest), Taylor Kirk ( Timber Timbre) and Christienne Chesney.
Bruce Peninsula was formed in 2006. [1] The band's debut album, A Mountain Is a Mouth, was released in February 2009 on their own Bruce Trail Records. [3] The album was named to the preliminary longlist for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15. [4]
Their second album, the gospel-oriented Open Flames, was released in October 2011 on Hand Drawn Dracula. [5]
In 2012, the band released a 14-minute song cycle entitled Of Songs. [6] The band can also be heard on the soundtrack of the 2016 film Sleeping Giant, [7] and in an Ontario Tourism television advertisement. [8] Haverty has also composed music for film and television, including the films Hazy Little Thing and Wildhood.
The band's third full-length album, No Earthly Sound, was released in 2020. [9]
The music of Bruce Peninsula is also featured in the independent film Small Town Murder Songs.