Mounties (band)

Mounties are a Canadian indie rock supergroup consisting of singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat, and Ryan Dahle of the Age of Electric/Limblifter.[1]

Mounties
Mounties performing in 2016
Mounties performing in 2016
Background information
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Years active2013–present
LabelsLight Organ Records
MembersHawksley Workman
Steve Bays
Ryan Dahle

History

Workman, Bays, and Dahle first discussed the possibility of a collaboration while socializing during the 2009 Juno Awards.[2][3] They began jamming and writing songs together in 2012,[4] and the trio released its debut single, "Headphones", in January 2013.[2] The song's video consists of a clip from the 1980s Canadian children's television series Téléfrançais.[2]

Their debut full-length album, Thrash Rock Legacy, was released on March 4, 2014, on Light Organ Records.[5][6] Soon after, Mounties performed at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.[7][8]

An eclectic mix of pop, rock, and electronica,[3] Thrash Rock Legacy was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[9] The group was named SIRIUSXM Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2014 SIRIUSXM Indie Awards.[10]

In March 2018, they released a new single called "Burning Money".[11] It was followed in February 2019 by their second album, Heavy Meta.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

  • Thrash Rock Legacy (2014)
  • Heavy Meta (2019)

Singles

  • "Headphones"
  • "Burning Money"
  • "Canoe Song”
  • "De-Evolve Again”

References
  1. "Hawksley Workman starts new band with Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays and Limblifter's Ryan Dahle". CBC Music, January 25, 2013.
  2. "A new band for Hawksley Workman". The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2013.
  3. "The Mounties' Ryan Dahle talks Thrash Rock Legacy and the band's songwriting style". Calgary Herald, December 11, 2014.
  4. "Mounties: Hook-hunting supergroup have chemistry and melody in spades". NOW Magazine, by Joshua Kloke. October 30, 2014
  5. "Mounties, 'Thrash Rock Legacy'" Archived June 22, 2014, at archive.today. Exclaim!, February 25, 2014.
  6. "Review Of Mounties – Tokyo Summer". The Odyssey. June 2, 2016. Gina Campanelli.
  7. "Mounties' Vancouver debut delivers dialled-in dynamics". Georgia Straight, by Gregory Adams on March 22, 2014
  8. "MOUNTIES: COMMODORE BALLROOM, MARCH 21, 2014". BeatRoute, 3rd, April 2014. Kristina Charania
  9. "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list" Archived July 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Aux, June 19, 2014.
  10. "2014 SIRIUSXM Indie Awards". May 10, 2014.
  11. "Mounties "Burning Money". Exclaim!, Alex Hudson March 3, 2018
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