Todd George Fancey is a

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, and solo artist. He is the guitarist for

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-based

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band

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and the bassist for the band

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. Fancey is originally from

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Early life

Fancey was born in

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, Canada.

Solo career

Fancey released his first solo album, ''Fancey'' on March Records in 2004. His second solo album, ''Schmancey,'' was released November 13, 2007 on

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. Fancey released his third solo album ''Love Mirage'' on January 27, 2017. His fourth album release is "County Fair" a collection of cover songs on January 26, 2018. His third and fourth albums were self-released on Stoner Disco Records.

Television

In 2008, Fancey participated off-screen in an episode of ''

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'' entitled " Dinner Party". He portrayed Hunter (usually portrayed by

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), Jan's administrative assistant who may have lost his virginity to her and wrote a song about it, although the storyline never revealed any evidence of such. The song, called 'That One Night," was co-written by Fancey,

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and Lee Eisenberg. The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award. In April 2018 Todd was interviewed by Rolling Stone's Andy Greene Article about The Office Dinner Party episode. In late 2010, NBC hired Todd to write a song that was featured on NBC's Prime Time Special. Fancey was also hired to create music for ''

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'', the ''

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'' TV show prequel.

Discography

Solo aka "Fancey" * ''Fancey'' – 2004 * ''Schmancey'' – 2007 * ''Love Mirage'' – 2017 * County Fair - 2018 With The New Pornographers * ''

Electric Version ''Electric Version'' is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on Matador Records and Mint Records on May 6, 2003. ''Electric Version'' placed at number seven in ''The Village Voice''s Pazz & ...

'' – 2003 * ''

Twin Cinema ''Twin Cinema'' is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize. As of 2010 it has sold 138,000 copies in US and 20,000 ...

'' – 2005 * '' Challengers'' – 2007 * ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

'' – 2010 * '' Brill Bruisers'' – 2014 * '' Whiteout Conditions'' – 2017

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fancey, Todd Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian rock bass guitarists Canadian rock singers Canadian male singers The New Pornographers members Canadian indie rock musicians Musicians from Vancouver Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia People from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Male bass guitarists