Hot Springs were an indie-rock band formed in 2004 based in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. They were unique in the Montreal music scene, in that they had an equal fan-base within both the francophone and anglophone communities.

History

Formed in the spring of 2004, Hot Springs featured Giselle Webber on vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, Rémy Nadeau-Aubin on guitar, Frédéric Sauvé on bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and Anne Gauthier on drums

Drum kit

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 (previously Karine Lauzon).

Since their release of Rock Partouze in 2005, Hot Springs had gained a large amount of attention in the Canadian independent music scene, with their track "Caco Disco" hitting #1 on the local college charts, MIMI (Montreal Independent Music Initiative) nominations in both the EP and Rising Star categories, and numerous radio and television spots within the francophone

Francophone

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....

 media circuit.

The band's first, and only, full length album, Volcano was released on September 18, 2007, under Quire Records.

Albums

Volcano (2007)

1. Headrush
2. Cellophane
3. Fog and the Horn
4. Tiny Islands
5. Fantôme Dinosaure
6. Pink Money
7. Annimystique
8. Gotta DJ
9. Hary and Airee
10. 38th Adventure

See also

• Music of Quebec
  Music of Quebec
  Being a modern cosmopolitan society, today, all types of music can be found in the Canadian province of Quebec. What is specific to Quebec though are traditional songs, a unique variety of Celtic music, legions of excellent jazz musicians, a culture of classical music, and a love of foreign rhythms...
  
  
• 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

• Official Website dead link
• Myspace Page
• Album Review