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Aidan Knight (born October 23, 1986, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian songwriter and namesake for Canadian experimental folk band, Aidan Knight. Knight has also performed and recorded with The Zolas, Hannah Georgas, Dan Mangan, and We Are The City.

For some time, Aidan Knight was known as a helpful backing musician, playing everything from pop-rock bass lines to violent, pounding hardcore drums. All the while, he was writing songs of his own, recording in intensive three day bursts whenever he was able to raise enough money. Sleeping on the studio floor at Jonathan Anderson’s Langley studio, Buena Vista Audio, Knight immersed himself in the project, waking up to play most of the instruments himself. With the arrangements in place, he invited Toronto’s The O’ Darling to fill in the additional drums, guitars, girl harmonies, strings and horns.

The result of these collaborations is Versicolour, an intimate eight-song collection of haunted chamber folk and moody acoustic pop. Opening track “The Sun” begins with a pulsing, ticking drum loop and baroque piano chords, gradually swelling to a string-laden climax with a dense chorus of harmony, cascading drum fills, and a meditative repetition of the title. “Knitting Something Nice for You” starts as a sparse acoustic waltz, Knight’s fingers audibly scraping up and down the fretboard; the mood changes completely halfway through, with a hypnotic keyboard groove taking over while guitar feedback squalls somewhere in the distance.

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Knitting Something Nice For You	4:42
FULL TRACK North East South West	3:45
FULL TRACK Eyelid Clicks	2:00
Altar Boys	3:43
FULL TRACK Fighting Against Your Lungs	4:23
The Sun	5:04

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1	Jasper	109
2	The Sun	68
3	Knitting Something Nice For You	66
4	Altar Boys	64
5	Sorrows	53
6	Fighting Against Your Lungs	52
7	North East South West	51
8	Eyelid Clicks	48
9	Magic Cupboards free download	18
10	Fighting Against Your Lungs	12
11	Friendly Fires	10
12	Canadian Lovesong (Laying Beneath Manitoba)	8
13	North East South West	6
13	Lambics	6
15	Lands End	5

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prettyfresh101

come to alberta. calgary, specifically. please?

last month
dream-eater

love.

November 2011
LProst

Missed him in Truro, next time come to St. FX

March 2011
geniphur

Oh, the awesome things that I find by randomly clicking around on Bandcamp -- I can add Aidan Knight to that list :)

March 2011
Fireworkss

This guy is FANTASTIC :) I talked to his briefly after his most recent Edmonton show- what a nice guy! And listing cereal under his "thank yous" on Versicolour? Okay, I've officially been won over.

January 2011
JJJuuli

you may like my band 'lambs & wolves' too....you can download our EP for free from: http://www.lambswolves.bandcamp.com/

January 2011
Tnigzzz

So good.

January 2011
caityborowsky

lovelovelove

November 2010
MadelineKMiller

<3

October 2010
velvetcoat

здорово! и мальчик симпатичный)

October 2010
mewithoutPT

So. Freaking. Awesome.

October 2010
I____

really good: http://www.southernsouls.ca/aidanknight.html

August 2010
Jamson1

great, really great.

July 2010
laurenlavery

awesome. awesome. awesome.

June 2010
unlovely

Aidan Knight + Dan Mangan at the shoe in Toronto = best night ever

June 2010
lonelyships

you're cute :) and i really enjoy your music.

June 2010
Big_Dumb_Sex

hi aidan!

May 2010
TheKoopaBros

Very cool music. I just love beautiful instrumentals like these. The lyrics are good too. :)

March 2010
euellswildlunch

please come to ontario.

February 2010
Hoojibs

Great set at the Rifflandia festival.

September 2009