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Canadian indie pop band From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Shy Kids (stylized as shy kids) are a Canadian indie pop band and film-making collective[1] from Toronto, consisting of Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg, and Matthew Hornick.[2]

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The band released their debut EP field trips in 2012, followed by the full-length album Lofty! in 2015. Lofty!'s lead single "®ockets" was promoted with a music video animated entirely out of candy, chocolate bars, and various candy wrappers,[3] which was a longlisted finalist for the Prism Prize in 2016.[4] The album's subsequent singles included "Terminally in Love with You", a collaboration with Choir! Choir! Choir!,[5] and "Noodie".[2]

Shy Kids moved for a short time to Los Angeles; they returned without having achieved commercial success there, but with material developed for future projects.[6]

In January 2018, the band released a single, "I Feel Like a Failure".[7] In February that year they released their second full-length album in a state.[8] They also released the debut single from the record, the middle. The music video was shot on location at Canada's Markham Fair in late 2016.[6]

In 2021, the band was one of the first artists signed to Canadian label Everything Forever out of Vancouver, British Columbia.

In 2023, they released their third LP, "House Cats",[9] through Everything Forever. Along with the singles, "Fresh Off A Feeling", "Lovin' You (Baby)", and title track, "House Cats". As of 2024, the band has left their label and are moving forward independently.

In 2024, they won the Hi-Fidelity Award from the Prism Prize for their innovation in the creation of music videos.[10]

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Discography

  • 2015 - Lofty!
  • 2018 - In a State
  • 2023 - House Cats
  • 2025 - a gathering of batteries

Cederberg and Woodman are both graduates of the film studies program at Ryerson University.[11] While there, they collaborated on the short film Noah, which won both the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[12] and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.[13] The group subsequently signed with Anonymous Content.[14]

The collective animated the screen elements of the Australian screenlife comedy web series Content (2019).[1]

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