Bruce Peninsula is a Canadian

Canada

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 indie rock

Indie rock

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 band, whose style has been described as "a near indescribable and rousing potpourri of prog

Progressive rock

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, gospel

Gospel music

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, folk

Folk music

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, rock

Rock music

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, pop

Pop music

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 and country

Country music

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Formed in 2006, the band consists of core members Matt Cully on vocals and guitar, Misha Bower on vocals, Neil Haverty on vocals, guitar and metallophone, Andrew Barker on bass guitar and lap steel and Steve McKay on drums. Bruce Peninsula also regularly features a large choir section, currently made up of Tamara Lindeman

Tamara Hope

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 (The Weather Station), Ivy Mairi, Daniella Geshundheit (Snowblink) and Kari Peddle. The choir has previously included Katie Stelmanis

Katie Stelmanis

Katie Stelmanis is a Toronto-based Latvian-Canadian musician, who has performed and recorded both as a solo artist and with the band Austra.Stelmanis identifies herself as queer.-Solo career:...

 (Austra

Austra (band)

Austra is a Canadian New Wave band, fronted by singer-songwriter Katie Stelmanis.The band, also featuring Stelmanis' former Galaxy bandmate Maya Postepski and former Spiral Beach bassist Dorian Wolf, played a number of early shows under the name Private Life before learning that another band was...

), Casey Mecija (Ohbijou

Ohbijou

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), Isla Craig, Amy Learmonth (the Youngest), Taylor Kirk (Timber Timbre

Timber Timbre

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) and Christienne Chesney.

The band's debut album, A Mountain Is a Mouth, was released February 3, 2009 on their own Bruce Trail Records. The album was named to the preliminary longlist for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize

2009 Polaris Music Prize

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 on June 15. Their second album, Open Flames, was released on October, 2011.

Soundtracks

The music of Bruce Peninsula is also featured in the independent film Small Town Murder Songs

Small Town Murder Songs

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See also

• Music of Canada
  Music of Canada
  The music of Canada has influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between...
  
  
• Canadian rock
  Canadian rock
  Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of music produced by Canadians, beginning with American style rock 'n' roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock...
  
  
• List of bands from Canada
• List of Canadian musicians
• :Category:Canadian musical groups