The Violet Archers is a

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Tim Vesely Timothy Warren Vesely (born 10 December 1963) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Rheostatics, in which he shared vocal duties with bandmates Dave Bidini and Martin Tielli. Vesely ...

, the band consists of Vesely on vocals, Yawd Sylvester on

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History

The Violet Archers were founded by Vesely as a side project while he was performing with the Rheostatics; he gave the band its name after hearing one of Canadian composer

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's compositions played on

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. The Violet Archers released their debut album, ''The End of Part One'', in 2005 on Northern Electric Records. and as a digital download through

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also appears as a guest musician on several tracks. The band's second album, ''Sunshine at Night'', was released in 2008 following Vesely's departure from Rheostatics. Nilsen also has her own band,

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, in which Vesely also plays. After a substantial hiatus during which Vesely mostly worked as a recording engineer and producer rather than recording, the release of the Rheostatics reunion album '' Here Come the Wolves'' in 2019 drew Vesely back into songwriting with the release of several new standalone singles beginning in 2021, including a duet with

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Discography

Albums

* ''The End of Part One'' (2005) * ''Sunshine at Night'' (2008)

Singles

* "Keep It in the Ground" b/w "Quiet This Morning" (2021) * "Animal Song" b/w "Nobody Knows" (2023) * "Any Sense of Time" (2024)

Compilation inclusions

* ''Our Power'' (2006): "You and I"

References

External links

The Violet Archers
official site
"The Violet Archers"
at allmusic.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Violet Archers, The Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian indie pop groups 2005 establishments in Ontario