Sweet Thing was a Canadian

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who have been signed to

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since 2008.Thompson, Robert (March 13, 2010). "Up-and-comers: Sweet Thing", ''

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'' 122 (10): 26. They are best known for their singles "Dance Mother" and "Change of Seasons". A demo version of "Change of Seasons" is featured in the teen

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History

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all had acting careers in Canada prior to the formation of Sweet Thing. (Waters won two

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'' wrote, " 'Lazy Susan' and 'Lorraine' prance like

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after a '70s soft-rock bender, while 'Winter Night' makes a run for the children-of-

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club and succeeds with a smashingly universal and emotive girly-boy chorus." Rayner, Ben (August 17, 2010). "CD reviews: Sweet Thing: Sweet Thing"
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'', p. E5. Sweet Thing toured Canada in 2010 to promote their debut album.

Band members

* Owen Carrier – lead vocals * Nick Rose – guitar, vocals * Alex Winter – guitar *

– bass guitar *

– drums

Discography

* 2006: ''Sweet Thing – EP'' **Track listing **# "Change of seasons" -Demo **# "Winter Night" -Demo **# "Kite Fight" -Demo **# "Everyone" **# "down to the ground"
* 2010: ''Sweet Thing'' **Track listing **# " Change of Seasons" **# "Lazy Susan" **# "Gun" **# "Winter Night" **# "Over Me" **# "Dance Mother" **# "Spider" **# "Lorraine" **# "Duotang" **# "Kite Fight" **# "We're on Fire Tonight" **# "Please"
*Produced and mixed by

* Engineered and mixed by

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweet Thing Musical groups from Toronto Canadian alternative rock groups Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups disestablished in 2011 2005 establishments in Ontario 2011 disestablishments in Ontario