Top Five Britsh Columbia-based bands that we’ve covered in 2022, as chosen by Canadian Beats Media Editor, Jenna Melanson
This week’s Top Five is about the Top 5 British Columbia-based bands we’ve covered in 2022, so far.
This feature is strictly for bands (3 or more members), see our Top 5 British Columbia-based artists here, and duos will come in the future.
Jackson Hollow
The award-winning BC-based bluegrass group Jackson Hollow recently shared their single, “Look Who’s Talking Now,” back in May. The track comes as the third offering from the bluegrass quartet’s upcoming debut album. Since then, they have shared “Put Yourself In My Place.”
Tianna Lefebvre, the lead vocalist of Jackson Hollow, says of “Looking Who’s Talking Now,”
“As a group, we are drawn to classic country elements and embrace a sound that is not typically mainstream. When we first heard this, we connected with it immediately and felt that we could capture it with truth and feeling.”
Listen to their latest single here.
Connect with Jackson Hollow:
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Chase The Bear
One title that could be put on Vancouver’s Chase the Bear, in the coolest way possible, is “family band.” They are, in their own words, “a band of blood brothers, childhood friends, and musical prodigies.” That’s just scratching the surface, though. Their recent release, “Five More Minutes” follows “Underwater,” from their upcoming album, Honey.
Listen to “Five More Minutes” here.
Connect with Chase The Bear:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Ophelia Falling
Canadian symphonic metal rockers Ophelia Falling are “Destroyed in Delight” with the release of their haunting new single and symbolic cinematic video.
The title song from the Vancouver-based festival-favourite band’s recent full-length album. The track trades in themes of addiction, broken promises, domestic disputes, and violence, vocalist Chelsea Rose reveals.
Listen to “Destroyed in Delight” here.
Connect with Ophelia Falling:
Website
Bandcamp
Facebook
Instagram
Fake Shark
Acclaimed Vancouver alt-rock outfit Fake Shark unveils a vivid house of horrors with the release of the official music video for “Paranoid.” Directed by Brandon Fletcher, the psychedelic thriller draws on the group’s love of all things horror. An eerie ambiance is set as the glow of neon lights slowly reveals characters haunting in the shadows, leading to a black-and-white maze of paranoid thoughts.
“The video for Paranoid is the rare situation where the video actually makes the song even better and more relevant to its topic,” shares lead singer Kevvy Maher. “I had been wanting to work with Brandon Fletcher for a while, and when we finally met, we instantly struck up a conversation about 70s Italian horror movies, and right then I knew it’d be our video that’s the most “me”. I love this video.”
Listen to “Paranoid” here.
Connect with Fake Shark:
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
OurGlassZoo
Vancouver-based band, OurGlassZoo blends electronic rock with a few drops of synth-pop, and the result is perfection. The band is set to release their first full-length album, Aftermath in June, which was recorded with the support of Creative BC at Monarch Studios. In advance of the release, the band had unveiled three singles, “Free“, “Here“, and the latest, “Reminisce”.
Listen to “Reminisce” here.
Listen to “Free (Remix)” here.
Connect with OurGlassZoo:
Website
Bandcamp
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok