Vancouver Sleep Clinic (VSC) is an Australian band led by singer, songwriter, and record producer Tim Bettinson.

Career

Tim Bettinson was a finalist in

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's Unearthed High competition in 2013. Vancouver Sleep Clinic released its debut EP, ''Collapse'', in late 2013. Bettinson has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including American DJ

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, Chinese American musician Zhu,

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, Wafia, and Gnash. He worked with Grammy Award-winning

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on Vancouver Sleep Clinic's debut album, titled '' Revival'', released on April 7, 2017. The band released an EP called ''Therapy Phase 01'' in March 2018, followed in June by ''Therapy Phase 02''. In 2019, the second studio album ''Onwards to Zion'' was released.

Touring and appearances

The band has toured extensively since 2013. It did a European tour in August 2014, when Bettinson was aged 18. It toured again for the debut album ''Revival'' (2017) as the headline act, covering the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Australia. Prior to these headline tours, Vancouver Sleep Clinic supported

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, Angus and Julia Stone, and

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on their respective Australian and New Zealand tours (2015 and 2016), as well as London Grammar on their 2014 US and Canadian tour, and Daughter on their 2016 US and Canadian tour. In 2018, VSC toured the ''Therapy'' (2017) EPs when supporting Angus & Julia Stone on their European tour as well as playing their own headline shows. This was followed by a A/NZ tour and then a debut Asian tour.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Revival'' (2017) * ''Onwards to Zion'' (2019) * ''Fallen Paradise'' (2022)

EPs

* ''Winter'' (2014) * ''Therapy Phase 01'' (2018) * ''Therapy Phase 02'' (2018) * ''From a Distant Dream...'' (2021)

Singles

* "Vapour" (2013) * "Collapse" (2013) * "Hold on We're Going Home" (2014) * "Flaws" (2014) * "Lung" (2016) * "Killing Me to Love You" (2016) * "Someone to Stay" (2017) * "Unworthy" (2017) * "Closure" (2018) * "Ayahuasca" (2018) * "Vixen" (2018) * "In the End" (2018) * "Silver Lining" (2018) * "Don't Matter to Me" (2018) * "Mercy" (2018) * "Bad Dream" (2019) * "Summer '09" (2019) * "Fever" (2019) * "Middle Of Nowhere" (2020) * "The Wire" (2021) * "Love You Like I Do" (2022) * "The Flow" (2022) * "Blood Money" (2022)

Guest appearances

* "Superfly" (2014) (with

) * "Modern Conversation" (2015) * "Only Way Out" (2015) * "Fading Through" (2015) (with Wafia) * "Stargazing" (2017) (with Gnash) *"Change Your Mind" (2018) (with

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) *"Moon" (2020) (with OTR) *"Call On Me" (2022) (with Seven Lions) *"Running In A Dream" (2024) (with Nils Hoffmann) *"Me and You" (2025) (with Forester)

Videos

Film, TV, and other platforms

References

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