Cleopatrick (stylized in lowercase) is a Canadian rock duo based in

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. They released their debut album, '' Bummer'', on June 4, 2021 and three EPs by their own record label, called Nowhere Special Recordings. Their second album, '' Fake Moon'', was released on March 14, 2025.

Background

Childhood friends Ian Fraser and Luke Gruntz grew up in

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, had been friends since age 4 and began getting interested in music around age 8 when they first listened to

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. Later in their teens they began recording their own music. Their debut EP, titled ''"14"'' was released on 14 February 2016, though they began to gain popularity with single "Hometown". Released in 2017, it peaked at No. 6 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts. It was taken from their second EP, '' The Boys'', which was released on 29 June 2018. The band's first music festival was the 2018 instalment of

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, and continuing into 2019 they played many festivals, including 2000 Trees Festival in

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and

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, Non-album single "sanjake" was released in March 2019. On 11 December 2020, they released the single "Good Grief", the first single of their debut album, titled Bummer. This was followed on 11 March 2021 with second single "THE DRAKE". The third single, "FAMILY VAN" was released on 20 April 2021 alongside the announcement of their debut album, which was released on 4 June 2021. Cleopatrick began an extensive European tour throughout March 2022, including a performance at the

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. Following their European tour, they went on to support British rock Duo

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during their North American tour between 18 April 2022 and 24 May 2022. Following that tour, Cleopatrick performed at multiple European festivals including Reading and Leeds on the 26th & 27th of August 2022 respectively. The single, "OK" was released on 23 August 2022, part of their 5-song EP ''Doom'' which released on 21 October 2022. On November 1, 2024, the band released the single "HAMMER", the first single from Fake Moon On January 22, 2025 the second single of the album, "PLEASE", was released on all platforms. This coincided with the official announcement of "FAKE MOON", their second studio album Fake Moon was released on March 14, 2025.

Musical style

The band has drawn comparisons in their sound and personal reflection of music to bands such as

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, and

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. The band has stated

and Highly Suspect, as well as fellow Canadian alternative rock bands Zig Mentality and Ready the Prince, as their biggest musical influences. They also cite the stylings and musical risk taking associated with modern

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and its production.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Notes

Members

* Luke Gruntz – vocals, guitar, production * Ian Fraser – drums, production

External links

Official website

References

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