The band garnered serious bu at the 2012 CMJ Music Marathin, where KCRW named them the “Sleeper Hit” of the festival, stating “their super inventive sound is unbelievably rich and catchy,” and landed on “Best of CMJ” lists from Consequence of Sound, New York Times and more.
In 2012, Royal Canoe released two EPs (Purple & Gold, Extended Play) which both received critical acclaim. Holding the #1 spot at We Are Hunted for 3-weeks, Filter declares “Buckle up – the band is anything but your standard indie-pop. Known for their genre bending approach and their songs are clearly written with innovation in mind. We dare you not to dance.” Similarly, Baeble proclaims “If you were to marry the harmonies and psychedelic pop of Animal Collective with the fren ied vocal phrasing of Modest Mouse and threw in the falsettos of the Temper Trap for good measure, you can imagine Royal Canoe’s sound.”
Royal Canoe is a group of musicians on a mission to construct ambitious, inventive music. Armed with falsettos, guitars, effects pedals, tambourines, shakers, two drummers and a six-keyboard super-weapon, their sound is thick with catchiness, rich in rhythm and are consistently pushing against the boundaries of pop music. The band is Matt Peters (vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar), Bucky Driedger (electric guitar, vocals), Matt Schellenberg (keyboards, vocals), Brendan Berg (bass, keyboard, vocals), Derek Allard (drum kit), Michael Jordan (electronic drums).
ROYAL CANOE UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Savannah Stopover Festival (Savannah, GA)
March 8 @ Forsyth Park Bandshell **Direct support for Of Montreal
March 9 @ Taco Abajo
SXSW (Austin, TX)
March 14 @ 2:00pm - Music Gorilla Party @ Burnside’s Tavern
March 14 @ 4:30pm – Manitoba Music Party @ Friends
March 14 @ 10:00pm – Red Ryder Showcase @ IFC Crossroads House (Vice)
March 15 @ 1:00pm – Beautiful Bu Party @ Brew Exchange
March 15 @ 3:45pm – Homeslice Pi a’s MXTS Party @ Homeslice Pi a
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
March 17 – Hot Springs National Park @ Low Key Arts (The Valley of the Vapors Festival) *
March 18 – St. Louis @ The Demo +
March 19 – Chicago @ Schuba’s *
March 20 – Des Moines @ Vaudeville Mews *
March 22 – Denver @ Hi-Dive *
March 24 – Seattle @ Barbo a *
March 25 – Vancouver @ The Biltmore
March 26 – Portland @ Mississippi Studios *
March 28 – San Francisco @ Bottom of the Hill *
March 29 – Los Angeles @ Bootleg Bar *
April 24 – Regina @ Artful Dodger ^
April 25 – Calgary @ Broken City ^
April 26 – Edmonton @ The Artery ^
April 27 – Saskatoon @ Amigos ^
EUROPE TOUR
May 13 – Manchester, UK @ The Castle Hotel
May 14 – London, UK @ The Lexington
May 16-18 – Brighton, UK @ Great Escape Festival
May 22 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena
May 23 – Sal burg, Austria @ Rockhouse
May 27 – Dresden, Germany @ Beatpol
May 28 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Skt. Peter
May 29 – Bremen, Germany @ Lagerhaus
May 30 – Kiel @ Schaubude
June 01 – Mannheim, Germany @ Maifield Derby Festival
w/ On an On +
w/ Fol Chen *
w/ Rococode ^
ROYAL CANOE SIGNS TO ROLL CALL RECORDS
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