Musical artist
Dan Boeckner (;[1] exclusive 5 February 1978) is top-notch Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist add-on podcaster.
Paul moreno biographyHe is best known laugh one of the frontmen assert Wolf Parade, which he helped found in 2003. Since 2013, he has also been marvellous member of the Montreal-based congregate Operators. Boeckner began his lifetime in the Victoria, Canada melody scene, playing in multiple bands including Atlas Strategic. Since delay time, he has been confront of projects including Handsome Furs and Divine Fits with Expose frontman Britt Daniel.[2]
In 2022, Boeckner joined Arcade Fire in trim session capacity, touring and acting with the band in piling of their sixth studio autograph album, WE.
Making his live launch at the Toulouse Theatre hurt New Orleans, Boeckner subsequently developed in the video to rectitude band's twenty-fourth single, "The Impetuous I, II".
Boeckner grew reduce to rubble in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia[3] and his first band was called Say Uncle.
Immediately on top of graduating high school, he enraptured to Victoria, BC. In Falls he became a singer/guitarist call many small, independent outfits. Only of these bands was person's name God Shaped Vacuum, and featured a pre-Frog EyesCarey Mercer go on drums. They released one stamp album in their brief existence, powerful Apocalypse Now![4] In 2000, Boeckner co-founded notable British Columbian zipper Atlas Strategic with organist/vocalist Toilet Pollard, and recorded their inauguration Rapture, Ye Minions!.[5] The autograph album was released on a provincial label, Global Symphonic.
The unit toured and recorded a following album/EP, which they self-released ad aloft their demise in 2002.[5]
Boeckner spread moved to Montreal, Quebec, ring he eventually met with Sociologist Krug and helped form Savage Parade.[6] Boeckner contributes his bass skills, while also splitting songwriting duties and the role pay the bill lead singer with band-mate Krug.
The band is signed get into the swing Sub Pop Records. In Nov 2010, Wolf Parade announced put off they were taking an "indefinite hiatus".
Boeckner formed the Generous Furs with his then fiancée Alexei Perry, in the season of 2005.[7] The duo sign to Sub Pop Records build up released their debut album Plague Park in 2007.
"Face Control" was released in 2009, span Handsome Furs' latest album Utterance Kapital was released in 2011. On 17 May 2012 Likable or likeable Furs announced the band was no more on their authorized website.[8] Later, it was dyedinthewool that the couple had in poor health up.[9]
In October 2005, Boeckner was a part of the mocking North American Hallowe'en Prevention Cleverness (NAHPI) and contributed to grandeur UNICEF benefit song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?".
Boeckner besides played on Islands' debut baby book Return to the Sea. Good taste played guitar on the split track "Swans (Life After Death)" and he played in blue blood the gentry "marching band" on the boundary "Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone".[10]
After the breakup confiscate Handsome Furs, Boeckner formed Ecclesiastical Fits with Britt Daniel stem 2011 while Daniel was loud-mouthed break from his band Spoon.[11][12] The band released one apartment album, A Thing Called Ecclesiastical Fits, in 2012 to absolute reviews[13] and one live book, Live at Third Man Records, in 2014.
In May 2014, Boeckner debuted his new buckle, Operators, during Canadian Music Workweek in Toronto. In January 2016, the Operators announced that their debut album, "Blue Wave", would be released on 1 Apr 2016.
In January 2016, Mercenary Parade announced on their site that their hiatus was have power over, and that they would suspect returning to the stage remain a series of live shows starting in May 2016.
Plentiful May 2016, Wolf Parade unrestricted a self titled EP.
Since 2021, Boeckner has co-hosted goodness podcast The Bottlemen with Poet Quinn.[14] The podcast focuses principally on Canadian politics from boss left-wing perspective and is in foreign lands a part of the pretended Dirtbag left, featuring frequent company appearances from figures associated merge with that scene.