artist Sleuth

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Vancouver, BC, CANADA

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Alt Pop, Avant Garde

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Brave Knew Nothing by Sleuth was recorded on an island in Washington state in a forest next to the ocean, by three naive and earnest Canadians with the aid of a wise sage. The music explores indiepop tropes with a backlog of literary, artistic and musical references to support the soulful lyrics. The group of friends came together in early 2010 featuring The Lion in Love on guitar, vocals with Julian Bowers on drums, guitar and Oliver McTavish-Wisden on keys. Having quickly amassed a selection of songs to be recorded 8 months later produced by Jherek Bischoff (The Parenthetical Girls, Dead Science), the music is now available on a limited cassette or download.

influences

The Smiths

Orange Juice

Felt

New Order

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Beat Happening

Galaxie 500

McCarthy

The Organ

My Bloody Valentine

Lush

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Brave Knew Nothing

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Released April, 2011

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Shindig Finalists!

posted by thelioninlove on Nov 29, 2011

So much to our joyous surprise Sleuth have won the first two rounds of Citr radio's annual battle of the bands called Shindig. We're now off to the finals on December 6th at The Railway Club. We've thoroughly enjoyed the experience despite all the anxiety and my own contentions with the idea of competition (as opposed to maybe community, but I suppose they aren't necessarily mutually exclusive). We'd like to have some people who actually like us show up, because it is a bit disheartening to see a crowd sit out your set due to coming out in support another band and because it's a competition they don't want to show too much enthusiasm as they want their friend's band to win. In any case, it does create an interesting carefreeness in me and a somewhat perverse Us Against the World mentality. Well, we want to win you all over! Come out and listen December 6th. $8.

posted by thelioninlove on Nov 29, 2011