The Golden Seals are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 and based in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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History

The band is led by singer and songwriter Dave Merritt. Other members include Philip Shaw Bova, Matt Ouimet, Steve Boudreau and Mike Bonnell.

The band was formed in 1999, after Merritt and Bonnell's prior bands, Adam West and The Buffalo Brothers, broke up. The two originally collaborated on a song for the Rheostatics

Rheostatics

Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...

 album The Story of Harmelodia

The Story of Harmelodia

The Story of Harmelodia is a 1999 album by Rheostatics.Billed as a children's album, the album is a narrative detailing the adventures of Dot and Bug, two children from the land of Harmelodia who fall through a hole into the land of Popopolis...

, "Song of the Garden", and then began working on the first Golden Seals album, Storybook Endings, which was released in 2001. After their second album, 2002's No-Hitter, the band released two EPs

Extended play

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, but did not record another full-length album until 2011, when Increase the Sweetness was released.

The band releases its material on Zunior. They also contributed a cover of Rheostatics' "Loving Arms" to the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions

The Secret Sessions

The Secret Sessions is a tribute album to Canadian indie rock band Rheostatics, released March 16, 2007 through the web label Zunior. The album was released to coincide with the band's farewell show scheduled for March 30, and features Canadian indie rock artists performing Rheostatics songs...

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Discography

• Storybook Endings (2001)
• No-Hitter (2002)
• Business Casual (2005, EP)
• Wetsuit (2006, EP)
• Increase the Sweetness (2011)

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 Canadian musicians
• List of bands from Canada
• :Category:Canadian musical groups

External links

• The Golden Seals