The Hunters are a Canadian punk rock band from

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. Since their formation in 2006, The Hunters have toured extensively in

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, as well as the US East Coast and

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History

Their first full-length, ''Dissent Lasts...'', has been released independently in 2008. In June 2010, Alexandre Hébert-Vincent was replaced by Danahé Rousseau-Côté on the guitar. On March 8, 2012,

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announced they were adding the band to their roster and releasing the second album, '' Promises'', on April 17. The music video for the first single off ''Promises'', "Van Party Forever" was released on June 5 and features the band playing with

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during their farewell tour. The foursome toured and promoted their latest album in the

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in November and December 2012. They played their 300th show in September, just before their performance at

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in Gainesville, Florida on October 26. The second music video, "Faux-Fire, Faux-Gold", consists of footage of the band during the trip to The Fest and the car ride back to dodge

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. A documentary webseries about '' Promises'' promotional tour was released in January 2013. Titled ''Driving on Promises'', the ten episodes cover the whole tour through

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and

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. It is based on their roadie's log book. The foursome toured Europe in February and March 2013, more precisely through

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and Switzerland. They started recording their third studio album on June 18, 2013 with Matt Allison at Atlas Studios in

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. The title, ''Art Electric'', has been revealed on the Indiegogo funding page mid-June.

Members

*Dominic Pelletier (

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

) *Raphaël Potvin ( Bass) *William Duguay-Drouin ( drums)

Past members

*Danahé Rousseau-Côté (

)

Discography

Albums

*''Dissent Lasts...'' (Self-released, 2008) *'' Promises'' (Stomp Records, 2012) *'' Art Electric'' (Stomp Records/Black Numbers/Flix Records, 2013)

EPs

*Split with Miracles (L'Écurie, 2013)

Videography

Music videos

*"Sing Out!" (2010) *"Van Party Forever" (2012) *"Faux-Fire, Faux-Gold" (2012)

Documentary

*"Driving on Promises" (2013)

References

External links

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official website
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Interview with QuebecPunkScene.net
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