''Today We're Believers'' is an album by

Royal Canoe Royal Canoe is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba. History The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE. They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club. In 2014 ...

, released in 2013.

Critical reception

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scattershot approach might be appealing on the surface, at 12 songs – four of them eclipsing the five-minute mark – the record does feel a bit overlong." '' Now'' called the album "a smorgasbord of sound that’s all bongos, keyboards and languorous breakdowns that creep into repetitive territory."

Track listing

#"Today We're Believers" – 4:23 #"Hold on to the Metal" – 3:54 #"Just Enough" – 5:44 #"Exodus of the Year" – 3:51 #"Bathtubs" – 5:51 #"Button Fumbla" – 4:53 #"Show Me Your Eyes" – 3:16 #"Birthday" – 3:44 #"Nightcrawlin" – 5:44 #"Stemming" – 4:40 #"Light" – 2:59 #"If I Had A House" – 6:27

Personnel

*Matt Peters – vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar *Bucky Driedger – vocals, electric guitar *Matt Schellenberg – vocals, keyboard *Brendan Berg – vocals, bass guitar, keyboard *Derek Allard – drums *Michael Jordan –

electronic drum Electronic drums is a modern electronic musical instrument, primarily designed to serve as an alternative to an acoustic drum kit. Electronic drums consist of an electronic sound module which produces the synthesized or sampled percussion sounds ...

s *Dan Ardies –

baritone sax The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

on "Show Me Your Eyes" *John Paul Peters – percussion on "Just Enough", engineering, mixing *Joao Carvalho – mastering

References

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