KC Accidental were a
Canadian post-rock
Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...
band from
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. The band released two albums of mostly instrumental music.
["Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub/Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills"]
''Drowned in Sound'', Andrzej Lukowski. December 10, 2010 It later evolved into
Broken Social Scene.
History
KC Accidental was formed in 1998, and started out as a two-person recording project consisting of
Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
and
Charles Spearin. The "KC" in the band's name was taken from the initials of their first names. The pair began recording in a home studio; their debut album ''
Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub'' was sold by Drew and Spearin exclusively through one shop in 1998 and quickly sold out.
The group released a second album in 2000 entitled ''
Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills'' on
Noise Factory Records. It included contributions from
Jason Collett,
Evan Cranley,
Emily Haines
Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has ...
, Jason McKenzie,
Jessica Moss
Jessica Moss is a Canadian musician best known for playing violin and singing backing vocals in the post-rock band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band since 2001, and is a founding member of Black Ox Orkestar.
In addition, ...
,
James Payment
Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1995. Their music combines jazz-style drumming, distorted guitars and wind instruments, and prominent bass guitar.
Biography
The band formed in 1995 as a reco ...
,
Bill Priddle,
James Shaw and Justin Small. Many of these musicians went on to work with Drew and Spearin in Broken Social Scene, who released their debut album, ''
Feel Good Lost
''Feel Good Lost'' is the debut studio album by Broken Social Scene. It was written and recorded primarily by founding members Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Unlike their better known 2002 outing ''You Forgot It in People'', ''Feel Good Lost'' i ...
'' on Noise Factory in 2001.
As a reference to the earlier group, Broken Social Scene included a song titled "KC Accidental" on its
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...
-winning album ''
You Forgot It in People''.
The two albums by KC Accidental, long time out of print and out of reach, were reissued by
Arts & Crafts on 2
CD/2
LP format and digitally in 2010.
On June 21, 2013, KC Accidental performed a new 15-minute song entitled "Summer Withdrawal" live at Jason Collett's Courtyard Revue in Toronto. It was the first time the band had performed in 13 years. A year later on June 20, 2014, KC Accidental reconvened for a full live show at the
North by Northeast festival.
As of 2016, Broken Social Scene continues to perform the song "KC Accidental" in their live shows.
"Panorama 2016 Festival Review"
''Free Williamsburg'', Peter Rittweger, 2016.
Members
*Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which con ...
(1998–2000)
* Charles Spearin (1998–2000)
Discography
Albums
*'' Captured Anthems for an Empty Bathtub'' - (1998/2003)
*'' Anthems for the Could've Bin Pills'' - (2000)
See also
* Music of Canada
* Canadian rock
* List of Canadian musicians
*List of bands from Canada
This is a list of bands from Canada. Only bands appear here; individual musicians are listed at list of Canadian musicians.
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References
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Musical groups established in 1998
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Canadian post-rock groups
Musical groups from Toronto
1998 establishments in Ontario
2000 disestablishments in Ontario