Hopeful Monster is a Canadian
chamber pop band, formed in 2000 by singer-songwriter Jason Ball for a recording project at his own Nervous System Studio in Seabright, Nova Scotia. ''Hopeful Monster'' was released in 2002 on Halifax label Brobdingnagian Records, featuring orchestral session players and members of local bands
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History
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and
Matt Mays & El Torpedo, as well as studio partner and
Hylozoists composer Paul Aucoin.
Following a move to Toronto, Ball released a second album, ''Metatasking'', under the Hopeful Monster moniker in 2008, featuring members of
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History
The band was formed in 1989 by high school friends Contreras, drummer Mark Goldstein, bass guitarist Liz Teear and guitarist Steve Berma ...
, Hylozoists and side project The Wilderness.
In 2010, Hopeful Monster was selected to represent Nova Scotia on
CBC Radio 2
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's
Great Canadian Song Quest compilation, for which an artist from each Canadian province and territory contributed a song, written about a road chosen by listeners via CBC's online voting platform.
A third Hopeful Monster album, ''Beautiful Island'', was released in 2013.
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Canadian indie pop groups
Musical groups from Nova Scotia
Musical groups established in 2000
2000 establishments in Nova Scotia