Inventing Letters EP
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The Inventing Letters EP is the first release by Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 band The Belle Game
The Belle Game
The Belle Game is an indie folk pop band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in July 2009, the band currently consists of permanent members Adam Nanji, Andrea Lo, Alex Andrew, Katrina Jones, Rob Chursinoff, and Ian Cook.-Origin:...

. It was released digitally on November 10, 2009. Physical copies were made available in January 2010, though only 300 of them were manufactured.

Track listing

Reception

The EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 has received numerous positive reviews from across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, especially blogs, and it has propelled the band far into the Canadian music scene since its release in 2009. The first track, entitled "Shoulders & Turns", was put into heavy rotation on the Vancouver radio station the Shore 104.3 FM in April 2010 until August 2010, when the fourth track, "Tiny Fires", was put into full rotation on the Shore as the band's second single. "Tiny Fires" is also currently played in light rotation on CBC National Radio.

In June 2010, The Belle Game
The Belle Game
The Belle Game is an indie folk pop band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in July 2009, the band currently consists of permanent members Adam Nanji, Andrea Lo, Alex Andrew, Katrina Jones, Rob Chursinoff, and Ian Cook.-Origin:...

 entered an acoustic version of "Tiny Fires" into a radio competition being held by the Shore 104.3 FM called the Shore Sounds of Summer Song Search, and the band quickly made it into the top 10 finalists. Eventually, in August 2010, the band was awarded the Fan Favourite Award in the contest for having received the most votes for their song entry.
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