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Partner (band)
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Partner is a Canadian rock band,[1] originally formed in Sackville, New Brunswick, and later based in Windsor, Ontario.[2] The band is most noted for winning the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2018 for their song "Play the Field".[3][4]
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Vocalist and lead guitarist Josée Caron and vocalist and rhythm guitarist Lucy Niles, two lesbians who met as students at Mount Allison University,[5] played together in the bands Mouthbreathers, Yellowteeth, and Go Get Fucked.[6][7] In 2014 the pair formed Partner in Sackville with guitarist Daniel Legere, bassist Kevin Brasier and drummer Brendan Allison.[1] The group first attracted widespread attention in 2015 when their video "The 'Ellen' Page", created from Creative Commons-licensed footage of actor Elliot Page dancing, went viral after being promoted on social media by Page himself.[8] In 2016, they released the cassette Healthy Release, a collection of their early singles, on You've Changed Records.
In 2016 Partner toured as a power-pop group, performing in various venues, including at the Silver Dollar in Toronto as part of Canada Music Week.[9]
Partner moved to Windsor, Ontario in 2016 before releasing their full-length debut album In Search of Lost Time in 2017.[10] The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart for four months, beginning in October that year,[11] was a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize,[12] and was nominated for an East Coast Music Award.[13]
They released the EP Saturday the 14th in 2019.[14] "Play the Field" was subsequently used as the theme song for the comedy web series Slo Pitch, which premiered in 2020.
Their second full-length album, Never Give Up, was released in November 2020.[15]
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