Faith Healer is a Canadian

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, Alberta, whose core member is singer and songwriter Jessica Jalbert. Another long-time member is singer-songwriter, producer and recording engineer

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History

Jalbert first collaborated with Wilson on her solo debut album ''Brother Loyola'' in 2011,"Edmonton act Faith Healer’s career on the verge of a cosmic rebirth"
''BeatRoute'', March 23, 2015. before deciding to adopt the band name Faith Healer as she did not want her music to be pigeonholed as singer-songwriter pop."Faith Healer is dedicated ’70s psych-pop on Try ;-)"
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'', November 8, 2017. The band's debut album ''Cosmic Troubles'' was released March 31, 2015 on

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. The album was met with positive reviews from ''

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''. Wilson played several instruments on the album and created a number of the arrangements. Jalbert and Wilson recorded their second album, ''Try ;-)'', in Montreal. It was released in September 2017. The pair added Jenni Roberts and Mitch Holtby to create a complete band; the group performed at the 2017 Pop Montreal Festival. The album was longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize."2018 Polaris Music Prize: Arcade Fire, Daniel Caesar, Gord Downie make this year's long list"

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, June 14, 2018. Additional band members include Ross Faulder and Connor Donaldson.

Discography

As Jessica Jalbert

Singles

* ''Paris Green'' (2011) * ''Necromancy'' (2011) * ''Lack Of A Lake'' (2011)

Album

* ''Brother Loyola'' (Old Ugly Recording Co, 2011)

Music Video

* ''Paris Green'' - Directed by Mike Robertson (2011)

As Faith Healer

Singles

* ''Until The World Lets Me Go'' (2014) * ''Again'' (2015) * ''Universe'' (2015) * ''Canonized'' (2015) * ''Light Of Loving'' (2017) * ''Sterling Silver'' (2017) * ''Try ;-)'' (2017)

Albums

* ''Cosmic Troubles'' (Mint Records, 2015) * ''Try ;-)'' (Mint Records, 2017)

Music Videos

* ''Canonized'' - Directed by Mike Robertson (2015) * ''Try ;-)'' - Directed by Jordan Minkoff (2017) * ''& Waiting'' - (Homemade, 2018) * ''Another Fool'' - Directed by Renny Wilson (2022)

References

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