Lost & Profound were a Canadian

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...

 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 band in the early 1990s. Originally from Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, where they began under the name The Psychedelic Folk Virgins, the band consisted of vocalist Lisa Boudreau and guitarist Terry Tompkins, with a varying roster of supporting musicians that included Anton Evans on bass, Vic D'Arsie on keyboards, and Curtis Driedger, Allen Baekeland and David Quinton-Steinberg on drums.

After moving to Toronto

Toronto

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, the band released the independent cassette The Bottled Romance of Nowhere before changing their name to Lost & Profound and contributing the songs "All Consuming Mistress" to the 1991 compilation album Moose: The Compilation

Moose: The Compilation

Moose: The Compilation is a compilation album of Canadian alternative folk artists, released in 1991 on Vertigo Records.-Track listing:# Grievous Angels, "Saturday Night in a Laundromat"# Bob Snider, "Old Nova Scotian"...

and "How Many Times" to its 1992 sequel Moose Lodge.

Boudreau and Tompkins, signed as Lost & Profound to Polygram Records in 1992, released their self-titled debut produced by Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

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 scoring a Top 20 hit with the single "Brand New Set of Lies". Other singles from the album included "Curb the Angels" and "Winter Raging". They garnered a Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 nomination for Most Promising Group

Juno Award for New Group of the Year

The Juno Award for the New Group of the Year has been awarded since 1974, as recognition each year for the best new group or band in Canada. The award was originally known as Most Promising Group of the Year, and from 1994–2002 it was known as Best New Group.-Most Promising Group of the Year...

 at the 1993 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1993

The Juno Awards of 1993, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 21 March 1993 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Celine Dion was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television at 8 pm Toronto time...

, but lost to Skydiggers

Skydiggers

Skydiggers are a Canadian roots rock band from Toronto, Ontario.-Biography:Formed in 1987 by singer Andy Maize and lead guitarist Josh Finlayson, the band soon added rhythm guitarist Peter Cash, drummer Wayne Stokes and bassist Ron Macey to their lineup...

.

The band followed up with Memory Thief released on Polygram Records in 1994, which spawned the singles "Miracles Happen" and "Invitation". Memory Thief was also produced by Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

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 and featured musicians Jamie Stewart

Jamie Stewart (The Cult)

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 (bass), Kenny Greenberg (guitar), and Michael Organ

Michael Organ (drummer)

Michael Organ is an American rock 'n' roll drummer best known for performing and recording with Sonny Landreth and Henry Lee Summer.-Career:...

 (drums). Boudreau and Tompkins recorded a faithful recreation of Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

"Some Velvet Morning" is a psychedelic pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name. The song has been covered many times...

, the 1967 psychedelic duet by Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra

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 and Lee Hazelwood for inclusion on Memory Thief. Producer Bennett brought in arranger Billy Strange

Billy Strange

William E. "Billy" Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.-Recordings and songwriting:...

to conduct his original orchestral score from the 1967 Sinatra/Hazelwood session.

The band's 1996 album Love's Sweet Messenger was less successful on the charts. Boudreau and Tompkins subsequently pursued a different direction, releasing an album in 2001 under the name redsuedered.