Hinterland (band)
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Vancouver
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, Canada. Hinterland's music is best described as dreampop/shoegaze/New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
with soaring, ethereal vocals, and is currently released by Submerged Records
Submerged Records
Submerged Records is an independent record label based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was founded in 2005 by members of the band Hinterland. Submerged specializes in what it calls "dreamo", an invented genre that blends elements of dreampop, shoegaze, space rock, post-rock, and related styles....
. Hinterland's second album The Picture Plane (released February 2006) spent three months in the Canadian college radio top 50. Hinterland's debut album Under the Waterline won the band several Georgia Straight Music Awards, including best local album, best vocalist, and most underrated band. Hinterland has been featured on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
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and CBC Television
CBC Television
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's ZeD
ZeD
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.
Hinterland has shared the stage with artists such as Monade
Monade
Monade is a Bordeaux, France-based post-rock band which was initially a side project of Lætitia Sadier, a founding member of Stereolab. In the late 1990s, the All-City imprint released a 7" split of Monade's "Ode to a Keyring"/"Witch Hazel" [the a-side of the split featured materials by post-rock...
, the Album Leaf
The Album Leaf
The Album Leaf is an American solo musical project founded in San Diego, California in 1998 by Jimmy LaValle. He is known for his use of electronics, synthesizer and Rhodes piano...
, Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs....
, Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups
Silversun Pickups is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002. The band comprises Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, and Joe Lester....
, The Hermit
The Hermit (band)
The Hermit is a Canadian electronica group started by Hamish Thomson. Based in Vancouver, the group initially consisted solely of Thomson but has come to include other musicians, notably singer Allison Shevernoha...
, Paper Moon
Paper Moon (band)
Paper Moon is an indie rock band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that has released three albums and an EP.- History :The band was formed from the ashes of former Winnipeg bands B'ehl, The Bonaduces and The Electrosonics...
, and A Northern Chorus
A Northern Chorus
A Northern Chorus was a Canadian band from Hamilton, Ontario.-History:The band was formed in 1999 after the breakup of Stu Livingstone and Pete Hall's previous band, Datura Dream Defered. They have released four records on the Sonic Unyon label, Before We All Go To Pieces, Spirit Flags, Bitter...
, and has performed across Canada, hitting cities such as Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto.
Two of the members who wrote and performed on Under the Waterline and The Picture Plane are no longer with the band. Kyle Fogden left before the latter album was released, to be replaced by Greg Williams. Cameron McLellan left the band in the summer of 2006; his spot has been filled by Robb Johannes.
Hinterland's third album Pan Pan Medico was released in February 2008.
In 2008, Hinterland members John Lucas and Michaela Galloway started a side project called the Hope Slide. To date, the duo has posted two demos to its MySpace page.
Members
- Michaela Galloway: vocals, flute, oboe, keys, percussion
- Robb JohannesPaint (band)Paint is a Canadian indie rock band based in Toronto. Paint has released two full-length studio albums, with their latest effort Can You Hear Me? released in 2009.-History:Paint formed in Vancouver in 2001...
: bass, guitar - John Lucas: guitar, baritone guitar, bass
- Gregg Steffensen: drums, percussion, noise
- Greg Williams: guitar, keys
Former members
- John Bews: bass
- Kyle Fogden: guitar, keyboards, bass
- Cameron McLellan: bass, guitar
Discography
- (2003) masstransfer issue 6 (masstransfer) - Magazine with compilation CD featuring the song "Tiger Tiger"
- (2003) Under the Waterline (HybridElectric Records)
- (2005) Never Lose That Feeling (Club AC30 Records) - Compilation featuring Hinterland cover of LushLush (band)Lush were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1987 and disbanded in 1998. They were one of the first bands to attract the "shoegazing" label...
's "For Love" - (2006) The Picture Plane (Submerged Records)
- (2006) One Cool Word issue 2 (One Cool Word) - Magazine with compilation CD featuring the song "Exit Signs"
- (2008) Pan Pan Medico (Submerged Records)