Evening Hymns is a
Canadian
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indie
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folk rock
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band, whose core member is singer and songwriter Jonas Bonnetta. The remainder of the band consists of a rotating collective of musicians, including members of
Ohbijou
Ohbijou was a Canadian indie pop band that was based in Toronto, Ontario. The music of Ohbijou draws on pop, folk and bluegrass influences.
History
Ohbijou began as the solo project of Brantford singer-songwriter Casey Mecija.Sayej, Nadja. "U ...
,
The Wooden Sky,
[. ''Chart Attack'' - Nov 13, 2009] The Burning Hell,
The D'Urbervilles and
Forest City Lovers.
History
A native of
Orono,
Ontario
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,
["Evening Hymns' sonic bloom"]
''National Post
The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only. '', November 30, 2009. Bonnetta released a solo recording, ''Farewell to Harmony'', under his own name in 2007 before choosing the name Evening Hymns.
The first release under the Evening Hymns name was ''Spirit Guides'' in 2009 on indie record label Out Of This Spark and Kütu Folk Records in France.
The album's songs were mainly sad and reflective. Their 2012 studio album '' Spectral Dusk '' featured Sylvie Smith.
After a period of touring, to support the album, Bonnetta spent time writing songs, and then Evening Hymns signed to Outside Music in June 2015. This led to the recording of the album ''Quiet Energies'', released in September, 2015 in Canada and the United States,
"Evening Hymns send a postcard back from the wilderness"
''The Line of Best Fit'', By Alan Davey / 16 October 2015 as well as on Kütu Folk Records in France.
He composed the music for Ryan Noth's 2021 film '' Drifting Snow'', in which he also had his first acting role.[Amil Niazi]
"Canadian drama Drifting Snow finds brutal beauty in Prince Edward County"
''The Globe and Mail
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'', May 11, 2021.
Discography
Albums
* ''Farewell to Harmony'' (2007)
* ''Spirit Guides'' (2009)
* '' Spectral Dusk'' (2012)
* ''Quiet Energies'' (2015)
* '' Heavy Nights'' (2020)
EPs
* ''Let's All Get Happy Together'' (2007)
Singles
* ''I Can Only Be Good'' (2020)
Contributions
* '' Friends in Bellwoods'', "French Toast" (2007)
* ''Friends in Bellwoods II
''Friends in Bellwoods II'' is a compilation album, released in 2009 by Out of This Spark as a benefit for Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank. The album is a sequel to the 2007 compilation '' Friends in Bellwoods''.
Where the original album was, in ...
'', "Cedars" (2009)
Track appearances
"You and Jake", from the 2009 album '' Spectral Dusk'', is briefly featured in the 2015 movie ''Aloha (2015 film)
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''.
See also
*Music of Canada
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*Canadian rock
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*List of Canadian musicians
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* :Canadian musical groups
References
External links
Evening Hymns
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Musical groups established in 2007
Canadian indie rock groups
Canadian folk rock groups
Musical collectives
Musical groups from Toronto
2007 establishments in Ontario
Canadian indie folk groups