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, active in the 2000s."Phonemic fun: Indie pop trio flirt with the dark side"
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'', January 29, 2004. A trio whose core members were vocalist and songwriter Magali Meagher, bassist Liz Forsberg and drummer Matias Rozenberg, the group's two releases on

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, Steve Kado and Leon Taheny. Meagher, a native of

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who moved to Toronto in 1998 and was a supporting musician in

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,Adrian Mack
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'', June 2, 2010. started the band in 2003. The band released its self-titled debut EP in 2004, and followed up with the full-length album ''There's Something We've Been Meaning to Do'' in 2007. In 2009, they contributed the non-album track "April, Let's Send His Colleagues an E-mail" to the compilation album ''

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''. They supported their music with some touring, both as a band and Meagher on her own in collaboration with Wiseman and

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. The band did not release any further music after "April, Let's Send His Colleagues an E-mail". Meagher subsequently toured with Laura Barrett, Alysha Haugen and Dana Snell (of

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) in Sheezer, an all-female

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tribute band."Ladies sing the Blue; All-woman Weezer tribute turns guy tunes on their head". ''

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'', February 1, 2012.

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