Ariel Engle is a

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singer and songwriter who records and performs as a solo artist and with

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, "Broken Social Scene put it back together for Hug of Thunder". ''

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'', July 5, 2017. Engle first became noted as a guest vocalist on Montag's 2005 album ''Alone, Not Alone'', performing vocals on the track "Grand Luxe". She subsequently appeared as a guest or backing vocalist on recordings by

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, Snowblink, Land of Kush, Plants and Animals, Stars and

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before collaborating with her husband, Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman, on the band project AroarA. The band's 2013 EP ''In the Pines'', based on the poetry of Alice Notley, was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize."Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list"
. '' Aux'', 19 June 2014. Following ''In the Pines'', Engle became a member of Broken Social Scene, often serving as a live fill-in vocalist on songs that had been sung on record by Feist, Amy Millan or

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. The 2017 album '' Hug of Thunder'' marked her first recorded appearance on a Broken Social Scene album. In 2018, Engle launched the solo project La Force. Her self-titled debut album as La Force was released in September 2018 on Arts & Crafts Productions. In the same year, she appeared on Safia Nolin's album ''Dans le noir'' as a duet vocalist on the track "Lesbian Break-Up Song". ''La Force'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize."Find out who made the 2019 Polaris Music Prize long list"

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, June 20, 2019.

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