Winter Gloves is 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...

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band. Based in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, the band consists of Charles F. on vocals, Wurlitzer, organ, Vincent Chalifour on synth bass and keyboards, Patrick Sayers on drums and Nico Ormiston on guitars.

The band came about after Charles F recorded a number of synth pop songs as a break from the guitar rock that surrounded him. The songs were not meant for release as an album or for a permanent band, but simply as a fun project to post to his Myspace

Myspace

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 page — however, he decided to put the band together after getting positive feedback.
Their first release, the EP Let Me Drive, was initially distributed solely by throwing copies into the audience at their live shows, but was later released on Paper Bag Records

Paper Bag Records

Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label and artist-management company, founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Ontario.-History:...

 and iTunes

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, where the title track was featured as a Single of the Week.

The band followed up with their full-length debut album, About a Girl, in 2008. The album appeared on a number of "Best of" lists that year, including "Best New Artist" from iTunes Canada.

The albums were supported by tours with Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club

Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop ....

, Thunderheist

Thunderheist

Thunderheist is an electronic music duo from Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Thunderheist is made up of producer Graham Bertie and Omolola Isis Salami . The two began collaborating before they had ever met in person, sending MP3 files to each other over the Internet.They are signed and released one...

 and You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party was a Canadian five piece dance-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their album Hit the Floor! was released in September 2005, and the band recently completed their second Canadian tour, an appearance at South by Southwest and a tour of the United States, before touring the...

, as well as performances at the Virgin Festival

Virgin Festival

The Virgin Fest is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK...

, the Osheaga Festival

Osheaga Festival

The Osheaga Music and Arts Festival is a multi-day rock festival in Montreal, Quebec, that is held annually at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène every summer. The 2006 festival attracted a crowd of around 25,000 people. The second edition was held on September 8 and 9, 2007...

 and SXSW.

In September 2010, Winter Gloves released their second album entitled All Red, and embarked on a fall tour of headlining dates across Canada and in the US as support for Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians, formerly known as Mornington Drive, are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2004, originally from Midland, Ontario, located near Georgian Bay. They are currently signed to Warp Records. The members are Luke Lalonde , Mitch Derosier and Steven Hamelin...

.

Their song 'We Need New Transportation' was featured in an MTS commercial.

Discography

• Let Me Drive (2008)
• About a Girl
  About a Girl (Winter Gloves album)
  About a Girl is a LP album by the Canadian indie pop band Winter Gloves. It was released on March 24, 2009 under the Paper Bag Records label....
  
  (2008)
• A Way to Celebrate (2009)
• All Red (2010)