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Woodpigeon are an independent rock band from Calgary, Alberta, consisting of eight core members: Mark Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Kenna Burima (piano, vocals), Michael Gratton (bass), Annalea Sordi (accordion, flute, vocals), Daren Powell (drums), Peter Moersch (electric guitar, vocals), Foon Yap (violin), AJ Benoit (vocals).

To date, the band have released three studio albums, and a number of EPs to critical acclaim.

When asked about the band’s name, Mark Hamilton explains: “I’ve always been in love with the word Woodpigeon for as long as I can remember. When you write it in cursive, it looks like a rollercoaster”.

The band’s sound has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura, Simon & Garfunkel, and Belle & Sebastian, amongst others. Band leader Mark Hamilton’s main lyrical influence is The Kinks.

http://www.woodpigeon-songbook.com/shows/

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WHAT’S BEEN SAID:

“**** It’s bloody marvelous.” – SUNDAY TIMES
“**** An inspiring meditation on exile and return.” – THE GUARDIAN
“**** Seductive.” – MOJO
“**** Melodic and affecting.” – Q

“Absolutely majestic… this is the best album to come out of Canada since Funeral. 5/5″ – ARTROCKER

“This is Arcade Fire with ration books and gas masks, or Elliott Smith fronting Sparklehorse… it’s stunning, subtle and romantic.” – NME

“Delightful … poetic and effortlessly gorgeous.” – THE WORD

“Refreshingly breathtaking, this is an album to fall in love with.” – CLASH

“Sounds rather like The Pastels might have done had Brendan Benson circa Lapalco been in charge.” – DROWNED IN SOUND

“Lovely … relevant, modern and orchestral … these are songs for a range of emotion.” – THE NATIONAL POST

“Extravagant shows of brasses or strings spiral out … Hamilton’s light, resilient voice is tailor-made for mulling on the deceits and realities of what we see and do.” – THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Strings soar … and voices blend like a cool breeze hitting the ocean mist … Woodpigeon take flight with an ease that their name wouldn’t make you believe.” – EXCLAIM!

“Hamilton’s delightfully dour and lovelorn lyrics and sprightly, sweetly mellow music, makes the morse seem wholly palatable … accomplished, quietly intelligent, playful and really rather enchanting.” – BBC

“Rich acoustic chamber pop with quietly barbed lyrics.” – UNCUT

“A tapestry of plaintive guitar, shuffling snare drums, twinkling glockenspiel and handclaps … from swirling blizzard chamber-pop to hushed alt.country … adrift in sweeping landscapes.” – METRO