Woodhands is a Canadian

electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

band. Based in

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, the band currently consists of musicians

Dan Werb Dan Werb is a Canadian epidemiologist and former musician.Alex Hudson"Dan Werb of Woodhands Awarded $1.5 Million Grant for HIV/AIDS Research" ''Exclaim!'', July 8, 2015. Musical career As a musician he is best known for his musical work with the d ...

(synth/vocals) and Paul Banwatt (drums/vocals). They work closely with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto. Past members and guest collaborators have included Roselle Healy, Pat Placzek,

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, Laura Barrett, Taylor Trowbridge, Chris von Szombathy, Elan Benaroch, Tyler Greentree and Jess Conn-Potegal. In an interview, Werb said they called the band Woodhands because he "wanted to let everyone know that there was an organic element to the ambient electronic music I was making." Werb had previously pursued different incarnations of the band in Vancouver and

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before meeting Banwatt through their shared membership in Henri Fabergé and the Adorables. They began playing and recording together as Woodhands in October 2006, and signed to

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in the fall of 2007 after playing the

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festival. The duo finished the recording of ''Heart Attack'' in early 2008 with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto. Heart Attack was released on

on April 1, 2008. After the release of Heart Attack, Werb and Banwatt toured across Canada and internationally, including shows in China and Japan, to support the album. In reference to ''Heart Attack'', Woodhands said in an interview: "With the album, we just wanted that immediacy of emotion and that urgency of not being able to hold something in," Werb says. "Just that sense of 'this has to be expressed' — there is no holding back." In 2009 Woodhands took part in an interactive documentary series called

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. The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had Dan and Paul describing an illegal outdoor show at the Don Valley Brickworks. In 2011, Werb also participated in the

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and Jennifer Castle, and filmmaker Catherine Martin, to produce and score a short

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about

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Discography

Albums

* ''

Woodhands Woodhands is a Canadian electropop band. Based in Toronto, the band currently consists of musicians Dan Werb (synth/vocals) and Paul Banwatt (drums/vocals). They work closely with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto. Past members ...

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Remorsecapade'' (2010)

EPs

* ''I Wasn't Made For Fighting EP'' (2008) * ''Dancer EP'' (2009) * ''iTunes Live Session'' (2009)

7"s

* "Can't See Straight" (2007) split with Peter Project

Mixtapes

* ''Remixcapade'' (2010) * ''No Feelings'' (2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodhands Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian electronic music groups Canadian indie rock groups Paper Bag Records artists 2005 establishments in Ontario