artist Dinosaur Bones

While their moniker may elicit thoughts of a prehistoric past, Toronto indie-rock quintet Dinosaur Bones are nothing but forward-thinking, both with their musical ambition and continual growth as a band. Nowhere is this more evident than in the eleven tracks that make up My Divider, their debut LP slated for release March 8th on Dine Alone Records.
With their sound originating in the bedroom of guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Ben Fox, Dinosaur Bones have wasted little time of their young career pushing forward, turning plenty of heads along the way.
Attending university in Montreal, Fox was franticly penning songs without a proper outlet. A predicament with a simple solution, as he was sure the musicians who could help bring the idea of Dinosaur Bones into reality were back in hometown Toronto. As the stockpile of songs continued to grow, Fox resolved to abandon academic aspirations, move home, and put the project into motion.
The band was a focused effort from the beginning, with each of the Bones having spent time in other acts. Says Fox: “It takes some time to figure things out the first time around, but our collective experience really helped us hit the ground running.”
It wasn’t long before the quintet was firmly rooted in Toronto’s indie pop scene, attracting significant attention within the city and well beyond. Shared bills with acts as diverse as Sloan, Man Man, Rural Alberta Advantage, Warpaint, Arkells, Handsome Furs, Crystal Antlers, and Plants and Animals soon followed, and feeding off this wealth of experience, the band continued to grow.
The core of Dinosaur Bones’ sound is perhaps what sets them apart from their peers. Though the band does indeed write in the realm of pop music, as Fox explains, the goal is to end up with something “original, creative, and most importantly, thoughtful.”
Like their recently released Birthright EP, My Divider was recorded and mixed by Jon Drew (Tokyo Police Club, Fucked Up, Arkells). And fans can expect more of the sound that Montreal’s HOUR weekly proclaims as “packed with feeling … whose delicate darkness almost belies its pop sensibility.”
Should their profile continue to travel on the same tangent we’ve seen to date, it won’t be long before Dinosaur Bones is a name recognized – and a sound treasured –from coast-to-coast.