The Two-Minute Miracles are 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 from London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

, fronted by songwriter and singer-guitar

Guitar

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ist Andy Magoffin

Andy Magoffin

Joel Andrew Magoffin, best known as Andy Magoffin, is a Canadian musician and record producer. He is the songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for the indie rock band Two-Minute Miracles and the bass guitarist for Raised by Swans....

. The band, having a history of fluid membership, now consists of Magoffin, 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...

ist Justin Nace, keyboardist Michael Christoff, bassist

Bass guitar

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

 Greg Smith and drum

Drum

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mer Aaron Curtis. The band's name was taken from their early preference for keeping their songs approximately two minutes long, although some songs on their later recordings have exceeded that length. Exclaim!

Exclaim!

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists...

magazine has described the band's songs as "catchy, richly melodic pop tunes occasionally run through with a sinuous, alt-country flavour and an underlying element of playful eccentricity."

The band released three albums on Teenage USA

Teenage USA

Teenage USA Recordings is a Canadian independent record label, founded by Phil Klygo and Mark DiPietro in the fall of 1997 on the back of Klygo's Skull Geek record label and fanzine....

, and are now signed to Weewerk

Weewerk

Weewerk, stylized as ', is an independent folk, roots, bluegrass, country record label and artist-management company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2002 as an art-and-music salon series in the apartment of Teenage USA Recordings partner Phil Klygo and artist-curator Germaine Koh...

. Weewerk released Volume 3.5: Rats, a digital-only preview of the full-length, in July 2007 and Volume IV: The Lions of Love

Volume IV: The Lions of Love

Volume IV: The Lions of Love is the fourth album by the Canadian indie rock band Two-Minute Miracles, produced by frontman Andy Magoffin. It was released in 2007 on Weewerk.-Track listing:All songs were written by Two-Minute Miracles.# "The Minus Ball"...

which was released in October 2007.

Discography

• 1999: Volume I
• 2001: Volume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miracles
  Volume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miracles
  Volume II: Thirteen Songs from the House of Miracles is the second album by the Canadian indie rock band The Two-Minute Miracles. It was released in 2001 on Teenage USA Recordings.-Track listing:# "Why We Seek the Heat of the Wave"# "Name That Song"...
  
  
• 2003: Volume III: The Silence of Animals
  Volume III: The Silence of Animals
  Volume III: The Silence of Animals is the third album by the Canadian indie rock band Two-Minute Miracles. It was released in 2003 on Teenage USA Recordings.-Track listing:All songs were written by Two-Minute Miracles.# "Open the Front Door"...
  
  
• 2007: Volume 3.5: Rats (Limited EP, digital only)
• 2007: Volume IV: The Lions of Love
  Volume IV: The Lions of Love
  Volume IV: The Lions of Love is the fourth album by the Canadian indie rock band Two-Minute Miracles, produced by frontman Andy Magoffin. It was released in 2007 on Weewerk.-Track listing:All songs were written by Two-Minute Miracles.# "The Minus Ball"...
  
  

External links

• Weewerk record label site
• The Two-Minute Miracles at CBC Radio 3
  CBC Radio 3
  CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...