artist Arctheline

Arctheline was formed in 2008 in Hamilton, Ontario. We came from diverse musical backgrounds – jazz, rock and classical groups, local theatre, the band that plays all your friends’ keggers – and decided we were maybe, maybe just cool enough to play in a rock band, too.

We spent last winter recording our first record, which we called Trespasser. Like many albums, it’s a big amalgamation of the sounds we were most excited about at the time. Some of it sounds like a midnight jam in your friend’s basement; some of it sounds like a Motown era dance floor; some of it sounds like our own 90’s childhood nostalgia; and some of it sounds like all those things at once.

As a band, our music is influenced by every song written before we were born, and our live show is influenced by funtimes, adrenaline and the occasional vodka shot. We like big vocal harmonies, multiple pianos on stage, electric guitar riffs that stick in your head and make you go “da-na-naaaaa-na na” at really inopportune times, sing-alongs, dance-alongs, and 5-minute songs that last at least twice as long on stage.

We’ve played with great Canadian and international acts including Library Voices, Still Life Still, In Flight Safety and the Zoobombs. In other exciting news, our single “The Race is On” is featured in this season of the National Geographic Adventure program Word Travels.

"Live they are completely mind blowing, one of the most fantastic local bands I’ve seen,...take any opportunity to check out them live, they remain one of the most impressive live acts I’ve seen to date."
Jay MacDougall, AWMusic.ca