Devours is the stage name of Jeff Cancade, a

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electronic musician. Originally from

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, Cancade launched the project after moving to Vancouver, British Columbia and coming out as

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. He released his debut

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''Dignity'' in 2013, before following up with the full-length mixtape ''21st & Main'' in 2014. He then released his first official EP ''Avalon'' in 2015, and debut full-length album ''Late Bloomer'' on April 15, 2016 via the independent label Locksley Tapes. In 2018, he signed to

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, releasing his second album ''Iconoclast'' on that label in March 2019. The album was preceded by the advance single "Curmudgeon", and supported with a regional tour of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His music has been described as "a pseudo-goth, synth-heavy electronic project that occupies a uniquely experimental, queer niche in Vancouver" by ''

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''. Outside of ''Devours'', Cancade has also composed music for television and film.

Discography

*''Dignity'' (2013) *''21st & Main'' (2014) *''Avalon'' (2015) *''Late Bloomer'' (2016) *''Iconoclast'' (2019)

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* * Canadian electronic musicians Canadian film score composers Musicians from British Columbia People from Nanaimo Canadian gay musicians Living people Canadian television composers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century LGBT people {{Canada-singer-stub