Royal Canoe
Musical artist
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History
The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE.[2][3] They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club.[4] In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour.[5]
On 2 February 2013, Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival.[6][7] (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
On 1 July 2025, bassist Brendan Berg was killed in a car crash along with his partner, Olivia Michalczuk. He was 42.[8]
Solo projects
In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick.[9] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood".[10][11]
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018, they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.[12]
Members
- Matt Peters – Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Bucky Driedger – Electric guitar, vocals
- Matt Schellenberg – Keyboards, vocals
- Michael Jordan – Drums
Former members
- Derek Allard – Drums
- Brendan Berg – Bass, keyboards, vocals (died 2025)
Discography
- Co-Op Mode (2010)
- Extended Play EP (2012)
- Purple & Gold 7 inch (2012)
- Today We're Believers (2013)
- Royal Canoe Does Beck's Song Reader (2014)
- Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit (2016)
- Waver (2019)
- RC3PO (2019)
- Sidelining (2021)
- Vault (2011 - 2021) (2022) (Compilation album of unreleased demos, B-sides and rareties)