Royal Canoe"SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT",Royal Canoe is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
History The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE."Canadian album of the week: Royal Canoe will make you a believer". North Shore News, John Goodman, 17 June 2014 They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club. In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour.
On 2 February 2013, Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
On 1 July 2025, bassist Brendan Berg was killed in a car crash along with his partner, Olivia Michalczuk. He was 42.
Solo projects In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick."Royal Canoe's Matt Schellenberg Teams Up with John K. Samson on 'Lovesick' Soundtrack". Exclaim!, 11 January 2017. At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood"."2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". CKNW, 17 January 2017.
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018, they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.
Members Matt Peters – Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar Bucky Driedger – Electric guitar, vocals Matt Schellenberg – Keyboards, vocals Michael Jordan – Drums
Former members Derek Allard – Drums Brendan Berg – Bass, keyboards, vocals (died 2025)
Discography Co-Op Mode (2010) Extended Play EP (2012) Purple & Gold 7 inch (2012) Today We're Believers (2013) Royal Canoe Does Beck's Song Reader (2014) Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit (2016) Waver (2019) RC3PO (2019) Sidelining (2021) Vault (2011 - 2021) (2022) (Compilation album of unreleased demos, B-sides and rareties)
References
External links
Royal Canoe Interview