Surface of Atlantic

Biography

Surface of Atlantic is an indie band from Montreal today composed of Dave Douville, François Graham, François Chabot, Marco Gervais & Marc-André Landry. It all started back in 2004, with Montreal jam sessions that eventually gave birth to a first album in 2007: “Ephemeral as we speak” with the contribution of a newly involved string quartet. The band gathered a loyal crowd throughout the years with their unique concerts that included 10 musicians on stage and projections of abstract and drea...

Surface of Atlantic is an indie band from Montreal today composed of Dave Douville, François Graham, François Chabot, Marco Gervais & Marc-André Landry.

It all started back in 2004, with Montreal jam sessions that eventually gave birth to a first album in 2007: “Ephemeral as we speak” with the contribution of a newly involved string quartet.

The band gathered a loyal crowd throughout the years with their unique concerts that included 10 musicians on stage and projections of abstract and dreamy visuals.

In 2008, the band began composing a new record, exploring new territories with deeper and complex orchestrations. ''A Frame Per Season'', a beautiful orchestral pop record of grand melodies was released in Montreal on September 1st 2010. The album was licensed in Taiwan/China via High Note Records (Radiohead, The National, Blonde Redhead...) on December 3rd 2010.

Four of their songs are featured in the movie "J'ai tue ma Mere (I killed my mother)" produced by Xavier Dolan, which won three awards at the prestigious Cannes film festival of 2009 and selected as Canada's submission at the 82nd academy awards ceremony.

Their music is a blend of folk, cinematic ambiances and indie rock. The band has been compared in the past to Pink Floyd, Beck and Sigur Ros for their experimental musicianship. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.