Casper Skulls

Casper Skulls are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario.[1] They are most noted for receiving a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2018 for their song "Lingua Franca".[2]

Casper Skulls
Casper Skulls performing in 2019
Casper Skulls performing in 2019
Background information
OriginSudbury and Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Years active2015–present
MembersNeil Bednis
Melanie St-Pierre
Fraser McClean
Aurora Bangarth
Past membersChris Anthony

History

Casper Skulls was formed in 2015 by Neil Bednis and Melanie St-Pierre, musicians and romantic partners from Sudbury[3] who moved to the Toronto area when St-Pierre started studying art and design at Sheridan College.[1] They added bassist Fraser McClean and drummer Chris Anthony,[1] and began performing in Toronto venues. In 2016 they signed with Buzz Records and released their debut EP Lips & Skull.[4][5]

In 2017, they released their debut full-length album, Mercy Works.[6][7] During their tour to support the album, they were involved in a vehicle collision en route to SXSW, and launched a crowdfunding campaign to assist in paying for a new tour van.[8] The band members themselves were uninjured, and were able to get to Austin to perform.[8]

In 2019, they went on tour as a supporting act for PUP, a punk rock group from Toronto, on their Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse.[9]

The band released its second full-length album, Knows No Kindness, in 2021.[10]

Melanie St-Pierre has also released solo music under the name l'loop.[11]

References
  1. "Toronto’s newest fuzzy, buzzy rock band, Casper Skulls, is ready to bust out". Toronto Star, December 6, 2017.
  2. "2018 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Nominees Revealed". Exclaim!, May 24, 2018.
  3. "Love dawns for Casper Skulls founders at River & Sky". Northern Life, July 19, 2017.
  4. Sudbury's Casper Skulls Are the Heroes Who Escaped the "Armpit of Ontario". Noisey, October 28, 2016.
  5. "Your New Favourite Thing: Casper Skulls". Toronto Star, By Ben Rayner, June 11, 2016
  6. "First Play: Casper Skulls, Mercy Works". CBC Music, October 26, 2017.
  7. "Casper Skulls' Mercy Works connects big ideas to hooky post-punk". NOW Toronto, by Matt Williams, November 7, 2017
  8. "Casper Skulls Launch Crowdfunding Campaign for New Tour Van After Car Crash". Exclaim!, March 26, 2018.
  9. Russell, Scott (11 April 2019). "PUP Announce Massive Fall Tour in Support of Morbid Stuff". Paste. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim!, August 26, 2021.
  11. Matt Bobkin, "Casper Skulls' Melanie St-Pierre Shares Debut Song as l'loop". Exclaim!, October 15, 2019.
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