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Woodpigeon are a Canadian musical collective from Calgary, Alberta. The band’s sound has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura, Simon & Garfunkel, and Belle & Sebastian, amongst others. Band leader Mark Hamilton’s main lyrical influence is The Kinks. When asked about the band’s name, Mark Hamilton explains: “I’ve always been in love with the word Woodpigeon for as long as I can remember. When you write it in cursive, it looks like a rollercoaster”.

Woodpigeon’s origins are found with primary song-writer Mark Hamilton writing songs in Edinburgh, Scotland. At this time, the band was named “Woodpigeon Divided By Antelope Equals Squirrel”, and consisted of Hamilton alongside Steve Kaye and Malcolm Benzie. Hamilton states that he “was far too scared to ever sing, so all we ever played was a couple of stupid instrumentals and our only “performance” was in the streets of Edinburgh.” Eventually, Hamilton returned to Canada, and started afresh, with the shortened band band name, Woodpigeon. Other band members fell in place, with Hamilton noting that: “the way it came together was simple: friends started hearing my songs and offering their services.” By now Woodpigeon consists of eight core members: Mark Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Kenna Burima (piano, vocals), Michael Gratton (bass), Annalea Sordi (accordion, flute, vocals), Daren Powell (drums), Peter Moersch (electric guitar, vocals), Foon Yap (violin), AJ Benoit (vocals).

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1	Piano Pieces for Adult Beginners full track	147
2	Knock Knock full track	131
3	Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever full track	118
4	In the Battle of Sun Vs. Curtains, Sun Loses and We Sleep Until Noon full track	107
5	7th Fret Over Andres full track	96
6	Cities of Weather full track	89
6	I Live a Lot of Places full track	89
8	A Moment's Peace for Mary Christa O'keefe full track	85
9	Anna, Girl in the Clocktower full track	83
10	Love in the Time of Hopscotch full track	70
11	Chorus Of Wolves	67
12	Now You Like Me How? full track	66
13	The Alison Yip School For Girls	61
14	The Hamilton Academicals full track	57
15	bad news brown full track	55

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ScreamyBoy wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Nice.

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citizendickorg wrote:
Wednesday evening

12 Days of Holiday Dick – Day 10 – Woodpigeon – xoxmas http://citizendick.org/2009/12/23/12-days-of-holiday-dick-%E2%80%93-day-10-%E2%80%93-woodpigeon-%E2%80%93-xoxmas/

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petrichorlady wrote:
last month

reminds me of Hansi.

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dominicgeinosky wrote:
last month

So good it makes my heart hurt.

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t_bone_tricia wrote:
October 2009

These guys are brilliant! And love the lead singer's voice. Yum!

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Scarfwarrior wrote:
October 2009

favorite.

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Lowbacca wrote:
September 2009

I'd love to see them live!

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montagmorgens wrote:
August 2009

your performance in the spiegelzelt at haldern pop was magic!

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omgzzzfeena wrote:
June 2009

Just heard of this band today. Absolutely incredible!

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BeMyHihat wrote:
June 2009

Åh fina fina söta!

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Lowbacca wrote:
May 2009

2 awesome LPs

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Degarmo wrote:
May 2009

this is some beautiful stuff

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Lowbacca wrote:
May 2009

new photos up!

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dubccc wrote:
May 2009

just saw them as part of phrased and confused for the first time (missed out on eotr 08) and it was quite incredible. i too am looking forward to field day!

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Jeff42 wrote:
May 2009

yes, treasury library is the best but songbook is also great

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halisray wrote:
May 2009

wow I really like their treasury library canada album. is songbook any good?

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mondoben wrote:
May 2009

Fond memories of you guys at EOTR last year, especially dancing my arse off to your Sunday night "secret set"...Looking forward to Field Day :)

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canyonboyz wrote:
May 2009

Impressive stuff

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hellocomrade wrote:
May 2009

woah @ the abba cover

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Acquiescence wrote:
May 2009

Second half of Knock Knock knock's me off my feet everytime. What a song.

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Banff Dispatch 8: All things must pass

5 Nov 2009 | from www.woodpigeon-songbook.com

Our 2 week stay at the Banff Centre has come to a close, and tonight’s the final performance, the final recording. Early this afternoon our gear was loaded up and taken from the hut where we’ve spent so many hours the past 14 days. …

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