Will Currie and the Country French

Will Currie & The Country French
Background information
Origin Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock, piano pop
Years active 2006 (2006)–present
Labels Murderecords
File Under: Music
Website thecountryfrench.com
Members Will Currie
Dan Beacock
Daniel MacPherson
Aaron Mariash

Will Currie & The Country French is a Canadian indie rock music group formed in 2006 in Waterloo. The band consists of singer and pianist Will Currie, guitarist Dan Beacock, drummer Aaron Mariash, and bassist Daniel MacPherson.

Biography

Will Currie & The Country French was originally conceived in early 2006 as a few songs were written in a small glass room in the basement of the Music Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University.[1][2] Currie later assembled a small troupe of fellow music students to form a piano pop band. They began to tour around southern Ontario, and in 2007 caught the attention of Jay Ferguson of Sloan, who said they were the best live band he had seen that year, and signed them to his Murderecords music label.[3]

Their debut EP, A Great Stage, was released in early 2008 by Murderecords.[4] They toured western Canada with Sloan in September 2008. The two bands together recorded Will Currie's composition "Push Pins" in 2008, in which Currie duets with Jay Ferguson on vocals.[5]

"Push Pins" won a 2008 CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Best Collaboration.[6]

The band released "Awake! You Sleepers", under the label File Under: Music in 2011, and has played across Canada with artists such as Arkells, Dan Mangan, Said the Whale, Our Lady Peace, Library Voices, Zeus, and many more.

Their next record, "They Killed Us," is set for release with File Under: Music in June, 2015.

Discography

LPs

EPs

References

  1. ↑ Sakamoto, John. "The Anti-Hit List", Toronto Star, 2008-03-08, p. E4.
  2. ↑ Langlois, Jill. "Will Currie and The Country French @ CMW 2008", Chart, 2008-03-07. Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
  3. ↑ White, Jen. "Will Currie & The Country French", Chart, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Jessica. "Sloan's Murderecords is back with two new signings", Chart, 2008-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
  5. ↑ "Get free Sloan single", Chart, 2008-09-17. Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
  6. ↑ Savoie, Mandy. "Chad Vangaalen wins two Bucky Awards", Chart, 2008-12-18. Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
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