Shapes and Sizes are a Canadian

Canada

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 indie rock

Indie rock

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 band from Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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. There are four members — Nathan Gage, Caila Thompson-Hannant, Rory Seydel and John Crellin. After self-releasing their self-titled first album in early 2006, the band caught the attention of Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...

' record label Asthmatic Kitty

Asthmatic Kitty

Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...

 who later reissued the album in July 2006

2006 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

. They are the only Canadian band to be signed to Asthmatic Kitty.

In January 2007

2007 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

, the band released a split 7" with The Weird Weeds as part of Asthmatic Kitty's new split 7" series, "Unusual Animals". The band's second full-length album, Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner, was released in May 2007.

Now based in Montreal, the band released their third album Candle to Your Eyes on August 3, 2010.

Discography

Albums

• 2006 Shapes and Sizes (Asthmatic Kitty)
• 2007 Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner (Asthmatic Kitty)
• 2010 Candle to Your Eyes (Asthmatic Kitty)

EPs

• 2007 "Castanets + Shapes and Sizes" (Asthmatic Kitty)

Singles

• 2007 "Jinker/That Fat Hand" from Unusual Animals, vol. 1, split 7" with The Weird Weeds (Asthmatic Kitty)

External links

• Official site
• Shapes and Sizes' personal blog and music collection at MOG.com
• Asthmatic Kitty records
• Shapes and Sizes Discollective Mixtape
• Shapes and Sizes Interview at Stage Hymns Music Blog
• PUNKCAST#1150 Live video from Cake Shop, NYC - May 11, 2007. (RealPlayer
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• CBC Radio 3 Session from May 08, 2006
• Shapes and Sizes interview at Impose Magazine