Dorothea Paas

Dorothea Paas is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario.^[1] Her debut album Anything Can't Happen was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize,^[2][3] and her 2024 album Think of Mist was longlisted for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize.^[4]

Dorothea Paas
Website	dorotheapaas.com

Paas was raised in Toronto, Ontario where she was raised singing in choirs and playing guitar in a church group.^[5] Paas has released a number of EPs since 2012.^[6] A self-taught songwriter, her writing was influenced by her religious upbringing and popular music heard on the radio.^[5]

Although she has often resisted active self-promotion, she successfully built up a career as a backing vocalist for musicians such as Jennifer Castle and U.S. Girls.^[6] Anything Can't Happen, which features Paul Saulnier of PS I Love You on bass guitar, has been described by critics as "Joni Mitchell fronting Shellac at a coffee shop".^[7]

In addition to her solo career, she has also performed as a guest vocalist with Badge Époque Ensemble,^[8] and as vocalist and guitarist with Marker Starling.^[9]

Paas has also had occasional roles as a film actress, most notably in Kazik Radwanski's films How Heavy This Hammer and Anne at 13,000 Ft.^[6]

Discography

• Same Sun (2012)
• A Thirst (2013)
• Strange Times/Just the Same/Drought (2013)
• Calm Your Body Down (2015)
• Prest (2016)
• No Loose Ends (2016)
• One for the Road (2018)
• Anything Can't Happen (2021)
• Think of Mist (2024)