Courage My Love

The group was discovered at a battle of the bands in Stratford, Ontario in early 2010,^[3] and were soon signed to Warner Music Canada.^[4] They took their band name from a quote in the H.G. Wells movie Things to Come.^[5]

The core of the group are twin siblings Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn who are both classically trained in voice, piano, guitar, and cello.^[6] Bassist Brandon Lockwood was recruited in 2013 after original bassist David Blake-Dickson decided to depart from the band for personal reasons.^[7]

In 2012, they were named one of the Top 100 Bands You Need to Know by Alternative Press Magazine^[8] An extended version of their For Now EP was released July 18, 2012, on Grizz Rhythms/Spinning.^[1]

To promote their third EP, Becoming, the band produced a 6-part spoof Reality TV show, The (Un)Real Lives of Courage My Love, which was released on the band's YouTube Channel.^[9]

In August 2013, they were featured on the cover of Canadian Musician magazine.^[10] The feature article focused on the band's approach to finding success in the new music industry by utilizing social media to interact with fans all over the world.^[11]

The band was nominated for 'Breakthrough Group of the Year' at the 2014 Juno Awards.^[12]

On February 11, 2015, Courage My Love signed to Ohio-based independent recording label InVogue Records.^[13] Courage My Love later re-released Becoming as a full-length album under InVogue Records on March 24, 2015.^[14]

The band was also featured on the InVogue Records first Christmas compilation album Happy Holidays, I Miss You. They contributed their cover of "Last Christmas" originally by the English band Wham! released Thanksgiving 2016.

In 2017, the band released their second full-length record Synesthesia through Warner Canada^[15] and toured Europe and the UK with Halflives.

The band released their sixth EP Spectra independently in 2020.^[16] The same year, Courage My Love disbanded due to the Arn-Horn siblings' disillusionment with the band, feeling that they had been creatively stifled by their record label and lost their sense of direction.^[17][18] They went on to form a new band together, Softcult.^[17]

• Mercedes Arn-Horn – lead vocals, lead guitar (2009–2020)
• Phoenix Arn-Horn – drums, keyboard, backing vocals (2009–2020)
• Brandon Lockwood – bass guitar, backing vocals (2013–2020)

• David Blake-Dickson – bass guitar, backing vocals (2009–2012)^[19]

Albums

• 2015: Becoming (Full-Length)
• 2017: Synesthesia

EPs

• 2011: For Now
• 2012: For Now (Acoustic Sessions)
• 2013: Becoming (EP)^[20]
• 2014: Spirit Animal
• 2014: Skin and Bone
• 2020: Spectra^[16]
• 2020: Teenagers (remixes)

Singles

• Kerosene (2015)
• Remission (2018)
• Teenagers (2019)
• Teenagers (reimagined) (2019)
• Harlequin Romance (2019)
• Harlequin Romance (reimagined) (2019)
• Slow Motion (2019)
• Girls (2020)
• Sugar Hiccup (Cocteau Twins cover) (2020)

Other appearances

• 2016: Happy Holidays, I Miss You - "Last Christmas" (Wham! cover)

• "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2010)
• "Bridges" (2010)
• "OMG" (2011)
• "I Sell Comics" (2011)
• "Barricade" (2011)
• "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (2011)
• "Anchors Make Good Shoes (If You Have Issues)" (2011)
• "You Don't Know How" (2013)
• "Wolves" (2013)
• "Cold-Blooded" (2013)
• "Skin & Bone" (2014)
• "Kerosene" (2015)^[21]
• "Stereo" (2016)^[22]
• "Need Someone" (2017)
• "Animal Heart" (2017)
• "Tough Love" (2018)
• "Remission " (2018)
• "Teenagers" (2019)
• "Teenagers Reimagined" (2019)
• "Harlequin Romance" (2019)
• "Girls" (2020)
• "Everybody's Lonely" (2020) ^[23]