We Are Wolves

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We Are Wolves
Dare to Care Records
MembersAlexander Ortiz
Vincent Levesque
Pierre-Luc Bégin
Past membersAntonin Marquis
WebsiteOfficial website

We Are Wolves are a Canadian

Dare to Care Records
.

History

Around 2000, Alexander Ortiz and Vincent Levesque, both from the

synthesizers
, bass, vocals and drums. In their own words the band likes to qualify their sound as "a post-punk landscape with analogue trees. Like rock after the postmodern explosion". The band remained nameless until 2002; when Alexander showed up at the jam space wearing a home-made shirt with a skull spitting a synth displaying the inscription, 'We Are Wolves', they decided to name the band We Are Wolves.

In 2005, they released the album "

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and The (International) Noise Conspiracy. In September 2005, they performed at North East Sticks Together. A second tour came in 2006, in which they supported the Gossip in addition to some solo gigs across Canada and the United States. In the summer of 2006, they completed a five-week tour in Europe with Montreal act Duchess Says
.

In May 2007, they released the single "Fight and Kiss".

Pitchfork Media and Spin.[3][4] After sold-out gigs in Quebec, receiving the M-Galaxie Prize at M for Montreal and participating in four shows for CMJ,[5]
the band toured Canada, the U.S. and Europe in 2007–2008.

In September 2008, We Are Wolves won a

Gémeaux Award for the Best TV Musical Theme for Bazzo.tv theme.[6]

The song "Psychic Kids" is featured on the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and the song "Fight and Kiss" is featured on the video game Need for Speed: ProStreet.

We Are Wolves released their third full-length album, Invisible Violence, on October 6, 2009.[7] The song "Holding Hands" is featured in the video game Gran Turismo 5.

Their fourth album, "La Mort Pop Club", was released on February 26 of 2013.[8]

Musical style

Their style is characterized by primal drum sounds, repetitive guitar riffs and bass motives, electronic instrumentation, and male vocals that represent rhythmic, rather than melodic, phrasing. Because of these elements, their sound has been described as "primitive" and this identity is represented by the band's moniker.

art galleries
such as Belgo, Saidye Bronfman Center and Fonderie Darling.

Discography

Studio albums

References

  1. ^ Hill, Eric."We Are Wolves' Art of Noise", Exclaim!, June 2009.
  2. ^ "We Are Wolves". Spin.com. November 7, 2007.
  3. ^ "We Are Wolves: Total Magique: Pitchfork Record Review". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Pitchfork: We Are Wolves Practice Total Magique on Second LP". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ Pareles, Jon (October 19, 2007). "CMJ Music Marathon: A Few Reasons to Like We Are Wolves". Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com.
  6. ^ "Gémeaux 2008 | zone Télévision | Radio-Canada.ca". Ici.radio-canada.ca.
  7. ^ "Invisible Violence". Archambault.ca. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  8. ^ "Dare To Care Records / Nouvelles / WE ARE WOLVES : LA MORT POP CLUB". Daretocarerecords.com.
  9. ^ "New York City Music Venues". Ohmyrockness.com.

External links

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