1. Today We’re Believers - Royal Canoe
2. My Bright Heart- Latka
3. Fireball - Greg MacPherson Band

Local six-piece Royal Canoe has been busy lately, touring the globe with genre-bending psychedelic electronic rock and garnering critical acclaim for its sophomore full length Today We’re Believers.

Released on Nevado Records in September, the 12 track LP boasts a range of musical styles and incorporates reworked tracks from previous releases including “Bathtubs” and “Nightcrawlin”. Principle vocalist and frontman Matt Peters reflected on the album’s success only a day after returning from a two month tour across Europe and North America.

“Today We’re Believers was written over a matter of about three and a half years,” he says. “From the very first song to the last song it represents a long span of time when we all changed a lot. Relationships came and went, loved ones were lost. There were many ups and downs through that. At the end of the record, we had gotten a lot closer to a process we can depend on with writing and recording music.”

While currently in the conceptual stage of the next album, Peters and company are taking a moment to reflect on the outstanding success of the debut full-length. It’s deservedly earned Royal Canoe widespread adoration, and placed the young men in an ideal place from which to succeed.

“There are aspects of this record that I think we’re going to be drawing from for the next album,” reflects Peters. “It’s like sticking a flag in the ground but then going deeper and much further forward. That’s what we want to do, at least. We want to feel like we’re always expanding and exploring.”

Keep an eye on Royal Canoe. They’re not just Winnipeg’s favourite band anymore.

Part of the series: The Uniter 30

Published in Volume 68, Number 14 of The Uniter (December 4, 2013)