This Ship
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2013 | SELF
Music
Press
“fast, choppy riffs backed with seams of unpretentious emotion...This Ship’s pensive indie-pop has been swelling hearts and minds.” - Mixtape Magazine
“Sprawling sound… it moves from a quietly pensive intro to upbeat pop rock and continues to swell.” - Excaim!
"Since forming in 2011, Halifax-based indie group This Ship has been increasingly gaining speed and turning heads. One reason for this could be the band's kitchen sink approach, where tambourine breakdowns, gang singing, handclaps, keytar solos, heavy riffs and dance beats offer a little something for everyone" - The Coast
"Keeping things dynamic with clean-cut guitar riffs unfurling from their upbeat pop rock sound... Teetering between contemplative melancholy and upbeat sweetness, they approach the world with Arcade Fire gusto." - Couch Assasin
"Just when everyone thought the night couldn’t possibly get anymore wild, This Ship turned on their amps and kicked the proverbial door off its hinges"
"grunge-meets- Arcade Fire....textural and lively"
"With punk rock sounds one minute, they flawlessly switch gears in to more of an “indie” sound the next" - GUFF Magazine
This Ship brought mega energy to the stage in the form of sing alongs, clap alongs, tamborines, and keytars. The peppy, start and stop indie tunes got the crowd on their feet, and the band delivered everything you could ask for from an entertaining band. - Noisography Blog (voted CBC's top 30 music blogs in Canada!)
This Ship brought mega energy to the stage in the form of sing alongs, clap alongs, tamborines, and keytars. The peppy, start and stop indie tunes got the crowd on their feet, and the band delivered everything you could ask for from an entertaining band. - Noisography Blog (voted CBC's top 30 music blogs in Canada!)
“This Ship might be the heaviest east coast band to wield synth keytar. But the lighthearted bunch gets serious in a heartbeat, just as quickly as a melodious Ship verse shifts into chorus roar.” - The Coast
Discography
In Your Bones // To Move On (April 2015)
single + bside
what's left to burn (Nov 2013)
1. what's left to burn to the ground
2. no, not everything
3. shelter
All The Stars & Elements (June 2013)
1. The Blockade
2. Memory
3. Typical Speakers
4. The City
5. Houses, Not Homes
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Bio
Adrift in the ether of modern day mystery, awash with unseen ambition, This Ship slips through rich harmonic soundscapes and melodic overtures teeming with lyrical venom, inflamed by a driving rhythmic expanse and waves of progressive energy. Imbibed with pop sensibility, its all parts free and equal parts familiar; an undiscovered world found on a trip you've already taken - the destination is the journey, the journey has no end. But it starts here.
This Ship has made waves at festivals such as Halifax Pop Explosion, CMW, NXNE, Evolve and more! in 2015 they released their new single To Move On, which has had airplay on CBC, has charted on community radio stations throughout Eastern Canada, and has been featured in blogs such as Exclaim!, Grid City Magazine and more.
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