Corridor is a Canadian

indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...

band from

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

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, consisting of vocalist and bassist Dominic Berthiaume, guitarist Julian Perreault, guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Robert and drummer Julien Bakvis, with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Samuel Gougoux in live performances. The first francophone band ever signed to the influential indie label Sub Pop, they are most noted for their 2019 album ''Junior'', which was a longlisted nominee for the

2020 Polaris Music Prize The 2020 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on October 19, 2020. The longlist was announced on June 15, 2020, with the shortlist following on July 15, 2020 and the winner announced on October 19, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 ...

. The band released their debut EP ''Un magicien en toi'' in 2013, and followed up with their full-length debut ''Le Voyage Éternel'' in 2015. Their second album ''Supermercado'' followed in 2017. They signed to

Bonsound Bonsound is a music company founded in 2004 and based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bonsound is an artist management company, a record label, a booking agency, a concert promoter and a promotion & publicity agency. Bonsound also operate two subsidia ...

in Canada and Sub Pop internationally in 2019,Calum Slingerland
"Corridor Sign to Sub Pop / Bonsound"
'' Exclaim!'', July 23, 2019. and released ''Junior'' on October 18 that year. The album was supported by an international tour with dates in Canada, the United States and Europe. The album's lead single "Topographe" was shortlisted for the 2020

SOCAN Songwriting Prize The SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, is an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone. Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize so ...

. It featured a video animated by Jonathan Robert, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year at the

Juno Awards of 2020 The Juno Awards of 2020, the 49th Juno Awards, was an awards presentation that was to be held at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 15 March 2020. The awards and associated events were cancelled due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pand ...

. Their video for "Grand cheval", released in March 2020, was animated by

Chad VanGaalen Chad VanGaalen (born 1977) is a Canadian musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta. Career ''Infiniheart'' Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released '' Infiniheart'' (200 ...

.Calum Slingerland
"Corridor Get Chad VanGaalen for "Grand cheval" Animated Video"
'' Exclaim!'', March 3, 2020.

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