Harvest Breed

Genre: Americana
Secondary Genre: Rock Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada Contact

Harvest Breed's music is a genre-bending blend of folk, pop, 70's rock and country with a strong focus on poetry. Oh, and did I mention they give their hearts out on stage?

Artist Information

Biography

"EVERYTHING CHANGES" NOMINATED FOR BEST FOLK ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT QUEBEC'S INDIE MUSIC AWARDS !


PRAISE FOR HARVEST BREED:

"Quebec's answer to Wilco"
-Voir

"Four Stars. Harvest Breed sounds like a classic band in the making"
-HOUR

"It is almost preposterous; almost genius."
- Americana UK (England)

"it sounds classic, but not your parents' Folk Rock."
-examiner.com


BIO:

Harkening back to a time when albums were more than a computer playlist of MP3s, when music could still move masses, break hearts, open minds, and change the world, Harvest Breed’s songs bridge the gap between the warm and fuzzy iconic records of the 70’s, and the quest for lyrical perfection which permeates the work of contemporary poetry luminaries.

The Montreal six-piece records with Grammy winner Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire), and has scored guest appearances by members of Barenaked Ladies, Patrick Watson and Blue Rodeo. They have won an international award, delighted audiences of major festivals, as well as opened tours and concerts for My Morning Jacket, Beirut, Patrick Watson, the Barr Brothers, Dan Mangan, and more.

The band’s four albums clearly outline the band’s ambitious project of coalescing the folk and country traditions with classic and indie rock, creating songs that are fresh yet familiar and imprinted with emotional depth.



ARTISTS THEY'VE OPENED FOR:

My Morning Jacket, Beirut, The Barr Brothers, Dan Mangan, Patrick Watson, Basia Bulat, Snailhouse and The Besnard Lakes.


FESTIVALS THEY'VE PLAYED:

NXNE, Festival d'été de Québec, Pop Montreal, Indie Week, Quebec Folk fest, Festivoix, Fête du Lac des Nations, Sherblues. They are scheduled to play at El Mocambo as part of Canadian Music Fest on March 21st 2013.


AWARDS:

Winner of the best alt-country song of 2010 award at the 10th annual Independent Music Awards for the song "Busy Bee".

http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/jake-and-the-leprechauns



CONTACT:
info@harvestbreed.com

BOOKING:
Marie-Christine Plourde
mcmuse.mcp@gmail.com
450.651.1707

PRESS:
Carl Smith (Landlocked Records)
landlockedrecordsmusic@gmail.com

DISTRIBUTION:
FAB Distribution(Canada)
sales4@fab.ca

Darla Records (USA and Asia)
james@darla.com

Instrumentation

Charles-Antoine Gosselin - Banjo, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, ukulele, Lead Vocal
Maxime Rouleau - Guitar, keyboards, Harmonica, back vocals, Musical Saw
Marco Gosselin - Banjo, mandolin, Electric Guitar, back vocals
Sylvain Lussier - Bass, back vocals
Gabriel Lemieux-Maillé - Drums, Sequencing, Percussions, Octopad
Philippe Custeau - Guitar, Accordion, Pedal Steel, Melodica, noise, Organ and Piano

Discography


Everything Changes, Release Date: April 2012 / Landlocked Records



As Jake and the Leprechauns:

At Midnight, the Birdsong, 2010 / Landlocked Records

A Long Dash (Followed by Ten Seconds of Silence), 2008 /Landlocked Records

Jake and the Leprechauns, Self-Titled, 2006 /Landlocked Records

Official Website

http://www.harvestbreed.com

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Setlist

An hour long set of original material including the following songs (in different combinations depending on the context, crowd or venue):



A better day here
After Diner Meditation
A long dash (Followed by ten second of silence)
A unified theory of everything
Another night of cold blankets
Busy bee
Caveat emptor
Concentric circles
Desolation sound
Discipline
Don't give up on me
Everything Changes
From an attic window in Amsterdam
From here to there
From What The Stars Are Made We Cannot hold
Georgia line
Haiku
If You Come Home
Janurary 1st, 1921
Just Listen (Don't Talk)
Longanimity
Misunderstanding enthropy
Non sequitur
Ocean song
Odessa
Only september
Portland
Reunion
Silence Sinks
Sleep
Sunday, Sherbrooke
Tangier
The modest triumphs of life examined
The year in review
This farm life
This Time Yesterday, Redux
Thoughts on a september morning
Waiting to converge
Wake up, Wake up
We may as well have been kings
We Were Famous And We Kicked Walnut leaves
When it breaks
When the flood came
You looked so small
You Know

Basic Requirements

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Input patch and stage plot - Harvest Breed

Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jul 6, 2013 Saturday 12:00 PM Parc St-Roch Quebec, QC, CA
Jul 13, 2013 Saturday TBA Auberge de jeunesse Petite-Nation Saint-André-Avellin, QC, CA
Jul 18, 2013 Thursday 9:00 PM L'Ange Cornu L'assomption, QC, CA
Aug 15, 2013 Thursday TBA CANADA GAMES Sherbrooke, QC, CA
Aug 23, 2013 Friday TBA Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve Montreal, QC, CA
Oct 12, 2013 Saturday 8:00 PM Maison de la Culture Pointe-aux-Trembles Montreal, QC, CA
Oct 19, 2013 Saturday TBA Brasserie Dunham Dunham, QC, CA
Oct 30, 2013 Wednesday 8:00 PM Salle Jean-Despréz Gatineau, QC, CA
Nov 1, 2013 Friday TBA magasin général Lebrun Maskinongé, QC, CA
Jan 25, 2014 Saturday 8:00 PM Salle de spectacles Pauline-Julien Sainte-Geneviève (Montréal), QC, CA