On September 21, 2023, the band released their eighth studio album ( Campfire Chords excluded) Laundry Pile , featuring pre-released singles “Skin” and “Laundry Pile”. The album was written and recorded informally during fall of 2022, without the explicit intention of making an album. The songs take on an acoustic…
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On June 23, 2022, the band announced that their studio album Blink Twice will be released on September 23. The album features collaborations with Cold War Kids , Aly and AJ , Tegan and Sara and Beatrice Martin . After two years of postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,…
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On March 25, 2021, the band released the new single and video “You Can Get It”, featuring guest vocals by K.Flay . The single was featured in the trailer of the video game Forza Horizon 5 , as well as in one of the in-game radio stations. The single “All…
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On February 25, 2020, the band released the new single and video “Years in the Making”. On July 30, they released the single “Quitting You”, and announced the release of Campfire Chords , a full-length album featuring acoustic versions of earlier songs, on August 20. Each member recorded his part…
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In February 2018, the band was invited to South Korea to perform for the Canadian Olympic team during the 2018 Winter Olympics . In June 2018, the band played at Tim Hortons Field in their hometown of Hamilton for a crowd of 24,000 people. It was the largest crowd for…
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At the Juno Awards of 2017 , Arkells were nominated for Juno Award for Group of the Year and the Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year . They performed their viral hit “Drake’s Dad” live on the television broadcast. They released a new single on April 7, 2017,…
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Arkells began teasing new material from their forthcoming album on tour in the spring of 2016. The fourth album, Morning Report , was released on August 5, 2016. The first single, “Private School”, debuted on May 6, 2016, and charted at number 1 that summer. The video features cameos from…
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The band toured extensively, including tours in the United States with Lights , Tokyo Police Club , The Postelles , X Ambassadors , and Lydia ; European touring with Billy Talent , Augustines , British Sea Power , and Anti-Flag as well as Canadian touring with Metric , the Tragically…
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On April 7, 2014, Arkells released the first track, “Never Thought That This Would Happen”, from their third album, which was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, The Kooks, M83). One month later, on May 13, the band released the album’s first single “Come to Light”, and confirmed the title of…
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In 2011, the band wrote and recorded their second album Michigan Left , which was released on October 18 of that year. The first single, “Whistleblower”, was released on July 5, 2011. The band also released a second song, “Kiss Cam”, in July. On October 6, 2011, it was announced…
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