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Courage My Love
Canadian rock band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Courage My Love was a Canadian rock band from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2009 the band consisted of twin siblings[2] Mercedes Arn-Horn and Phoenix Arn-Horn in addition to bassist Brandon Lockwood.
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The group was discovered at a battle of the bands in Stratford, Ontario in early 2010,[3] and were soon signed to Warner Music Canada.[4] They took their band name from a quote in the H.G. Wells movie Things to Come.[5]
The core of the group are twin siblings Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn who are both classically trained in voice, piano, guitar, and cello.[6] Bassist Brandon Lockwood was recruited in 2013 after original bassist David Blake-Dickson decided to depart from the band for personal reasons.[7]
In 2012, they were named one of the Top 100 Bands You Need to Know by Alternative Press Magazine[8] An extended version of their For Now EP was released July 18, 2012, on Grizz Rhythms/Spinning.[1]
To promote their third EP, Becoming, the band produced a 6-part spoof Reality TV show, "The (Un)Real Lives of Courage My Love", which was released on the band's YouTube Channel.[9]
In August 2013, they were featured on the cover of Canadian Musician magazine.[10] The feature article focused on the band's approach to finding success in the new music industry by utilizing social media to interact with fans all over the world.[11]
The band was nominated for 'Breakthrough Group of the Year' at the 2014 Juno Awards.[12]
On February 11, 2015, Courage My Love signed to Ohio-based independent recording label InVogue Records.[13] Courage My Love later re-released Becoming as a full-length album under InVogue Records on March 24, 2015.[14]
The band was also featured on the InVogue Records first Christmas compilation album Happy Holidays, I Miss You. They contributed their cover of Last Christmas originally by the English band Wham! released Thanksgiving 2016.
In 2017, the band released their second full-length record Synesthesia through Warner Canada[15] and toured Europe and the UK with Halflives.
The band released their sixth EP Spectra independently in 2020.[16] The same year, Courage My Love disbanded due to the Arn-Horn siblings' disillusionment with the band, feeling that they had been creatively stifled by their record label and lost their sense of direction.[17][18] They went on to form a new band together, Softcult.[17]
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Band members
- Mercedes Arn-Horn – lead vocals, lead guitar (2009–2020)
- Phoenix Arn-Horn – drums, keyboard, backing vocals (2009–2020)
- Brandon Lockwood – bass guitar, backing vocals (2013–2020)
- David Blake-Dickson – bass guitar, backing vocals (2009–2012)[19]
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Discography
Albums
- 2015: Becoming (Full-Length)
- 2017: Synesthesia
EPs
Singles
- Kerosene (2015)
- Remission (2018)
- Teenagers (2019)
- Teenagers (reimagined) (2019)
- Harlequin Romance (2019)
- Harlequin Romance (reimagined) (2019)
- Slow Motion (2019)
- Girls (2020)
- Sugar Hiccup (Cocteau Twins cover) (2020)
Other appearances
- 2016: Happy Holidays, I Miss You - "Last Christmas" (Wham! cover)
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Music videos
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2010)
- "Bridges" (2010)
- "OMG" (2011)
- "I Sell Comics" (2011)
- "Barricade" (2011)
- "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (2011)
- "Anchors Make Good Shoes (If You Have Issues)" (2011)
- "You Don't Know How" (2013)
- "Wolves" (2013)
- "Cold-Blooded" (2013)
- "Skin & Bone" (2014)
- "Kerosene" (2015)[21]
- "Stereo" (2016)[22]
- "Need Someone" (2017)
- "Animal Heart" (2017)
- "Tough Love" (2018)
- "Remission " (2018)
- "Teenagers" (2019)
- "Teenagers Reimagined" (2019)
- "Harlequin Romance" (2019)
- "Girls" (2020)
- "Everybody's Lonely" (2020) [23]
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