Kandle (musician)

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Kandle
Birth nameKandle Maria Osborne[1]
Born (1990-10-14) October 14, 1990 (age 33)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genresindie rock, swamp rock, folk rock, pop noir
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, and musician
Instrument(s)Vocal, guitar,
Years active2011–present
LabelsSleepless Records
Websitewww.kandlemusic.com

Kandle Maria Osborne, professionally known as Kandle, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, based in Montréal, Québec. Kandle is the daughter of

Neil Osborne. She is originally from Victoria, British Columbia
.

Biography

Kandle got her start with The Blue Violets, a band she started with her sister Coral Osborne and friend Louise Burns. It was with them that she fell in love with songwriting and overcame her stage fright, building the foundations of her solo career.

In 2010, she met her musical partner and co-producer

Montréal to be closer to Goldberg Jr., and they soon founded The Krooks, featuring Jason Kent (The Dears, Sunfields) on bass and vocals, David Deïas on drums and Félix Dyotte and Tim Fletcher (The Stills
) on guitars and keyboards. The Krooks became Kandle's backing band.

She independently released her debut EP Kandle on May 29, 2012 to critical acclaim. It was produced by her father and features Goldberg Jr. on guitar and bass.

After touring the EP in North America and Europe, Kandle headed back to the studio with Goldberg and her father on production duty. The resulting album was the widely celebrated In Flames, released on March 4, 2014 on the Québec-based label

Osheaga, Pop Montreal and M for Montreal.[2]

In 2017, Kandle signed to Toronto-based alternative label Sleepless Records and began recording her second full length album, titled Holy Smoke. She teamed up with Sam Goldberg (Broken Social Scene), Devon Portielje (Half Moon Run), Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and producers John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent) and Alex Bonenfant (July Talk, Crystal Castles) to make her most powerful record yet, with songs tackling sexual assault, abuse of power, life on the road, trauma, and pain with vulnerability and force. The first single "When My Body Breaks” was released January 2018, featuring Peter Dreimanis of label mates July Talk and has been nominated for the 2018 JUNO Award for Engineer of the Year (Jason Dufour).

In 2018, Kandle appeared in Jack White’s video for “Corporation” from his latest album Boarding House Reach, written and directed by Jodeb. Her own music videos “Bender” (directed by Kat Webber) and “Broken Boys” (directed by Lauren Graham) have been an integral part of Kandle’s artistry.

Kandle began playing shows with her father,

Roy Thompson Hall's Live on the Patio[6] series, also in Toronto. These shows were bookended by shows in Montréal, where Kandle still resides, in February[7] and August,[8]
2019.

In May 2020, during lockdown and isolation due to the

Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Kandle recorded two new singles, "How Can You Hurt Me" and "Little Bad Things" and released them herself on Soundcloud[9] as she was no longer contracted to Sleepless Records Archived May 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine.[10] She described the process of recording while sequestered at her parents' house in Victoria, BC, in detail to Vice Magazine.[11]

Kandle’s music has been described as elegiac and moody, with nods to

migraines
.

Discography

Studio albums
Extended Plays
  • Kandle - EP (2011)
  • Damned If I Do - EP (2018) [14]
Singles
  • How Can You Hurt Me (2020)[15]
  • Little Bad Things (2020) [16]
  • Honey Trap (2021)

References

  1. ^ "ALL THAT I NEED". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Past Award Winners — Prism Prize". Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Yvonne Matsell presents an evening with A Family Curse". EventBrite. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Yvonne Matsell presents an evening with A Family Curse". EventBrite. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "A Family Curse - Roy Thompson Hall". Roy Thompson Hall. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Neil (54-40) and Kandle Osborne at Roy Thompson Hall patio". Toronto.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Kandle & Neil Osborne present A Family Curse". Le Point de Vente. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "A Family Curse (Kandle & Neil Osborne) in Montreal". Eventful Montreal. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "2 New Kandle Tracks". Soundcloud. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Kandle goes independent, releases two new singles". Canadian Beats Media. May 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Smells Like 'Tine Spirit or How To Make An Album During a Pendemic". Vice. March 25, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Holy Smoke, by Kandle".
  13. ^ "Set the Fire, by Kandle".
  14. ^ "Damned if I do, by Kandle".
  15. ^ "Kandle goes independent, releases two new singles". Canadian Beats Media. May 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Kandle goes independent, releases two new singles". Canadian Beats Media. May 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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