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English Words is a Canadian Indie Rock
Band based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is made up of two song writing brothers (Ryan & Aaron Crane), a cousin (Todd MacLean), an old friend (Josh Byrne) and a spring chicken (Andrew Murray). They were originally known as Smothered in Hugs.
Taking their name from a Guided By Voices
song, Smothered In Hugs formed in Charlottetown, P.E.I. in 2005; The band’s debut LP The Healing Power Of Injury was released nationally in February of 2009 and welcomed by rave reviews. Critics described the record as being bright, cleverly articulated, gorgeously melodic, urgently paced, unpredictable, and wholly memorable.
On January 15, 2010 in front of a packed bar crowd, Smothered in Hugs did something wholly unexpected. They announced that they were changing their name to English Words. To go along with the name change the band personally handed out copies of their new 4 song EP Customer Appreciation to everyone who was in attendance.
Healing Power of Injury won the 2010 Music PEI Award for Rock Recording of the Year.
Healing Power of Injury was nominated for the 2010 East Coast Music Award for Rock Recording of the Year.
The group has performed and toured with various other East Coast artists including Collagen Rock Records label mates Two Hours Traffic, electro-rockers Holy Fuck and In Flight Safety to name only a few. English Words were invited by Joel Plaskett to perform as a part of the annual Canada Day
concert in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia following a showcase at the 2010 ECMA's in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
Band based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is made up of two song writing brothers (Ryan & Aaron Crane), a cousin (Todd MacLean), an old friend (Josh Byrne) and a spring chicken (Andrew Murray). They were originally known as Smothered in Hugs.
Taking their name from a Guided By Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...
song, Smothered In Hugs formed in Charlottetown, P.E.I. in 2005; The band’s debut LP The Healing Power Of Injury was released nationally in February of 2009 and welcomed by rave reviews. Critics described the record as being bright, cleverly articulated, gorgeously melodic, urgently paced, unpredictable, and wholly memorable.
On January 15, 2010 in front of a packed bar crowd, Smothered in Hugs did something wholly unexpected. They announced that they were changing their name to English Words. To go along with the name change the band personally handed out copies of their new 4 song EP Customer Appreciation to everyone who was in attendance.
Healing Power of Injury won the 2010 Music PEI Award for Rock Recording of the Year.
Healing Power of Injury was nominated for the 2010 East Coast Music Award for Rock Recording of the Year.
The group has performed and toured with various other East Coast artists including Collagen Rock Records label mates Two Hours Traffic, electro-rockers Holy Fuck and In Flight Safety to name only a few. English Words were invited by Joel Plaskett to perform as a part of the annual Canada Day
Canada Day
Canada Day , formerly Dominion Day , is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act , which united three British colonies into a single country, called Canada, within the British Empire...
concert in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia following a showcase at the 2010 ECMA's in Sydney, Nova Scotia.