Royal Canoe

Royal Canoe
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	2010-present

Royal Canoe is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.

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, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour.

On 2 February 2013 Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)

In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick. At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood".

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