Cousins (band)

First formed in 2006,^[2] the band has had a variety of lineups. Its constant members have been singer/songwriter and guitarist Aaron Mangle, and drummer Leigh Dotey, who are not cousins.^[1][3] They released their debut album, Out on Town, independently in 2009, and toured around Canada in support of the album in 2010,^[4] including at Pop Montreal.^[5] They signed to Saved by Vinyl for their 2012 album The Palm at the End of the Mind.^[2] In 2012, the band toured extensively across Canada and the United States,^[2][6] sometimes with Mangle and Dotey playing as a duo,^[7] and often as a group of three or four musicians.^[8]

Their third full-length album, The Halls of Wickwire, was released May 13, 2014, on Hand Drawn Dracula.^[9][10] The album was produced by Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck,^[2] and was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.^[11]

• Out on Town (2009)
• The Palm at the End of the Mind (2012)
• The Halls of Wickwire (2014)