Photo by Catie Laffoon

It’s been three years since we last heard something new from Canadian indie outfit Royal Canoe. (And even longer since we CoSigned them back at CMJ 2012.) But in the space since releasing their Juno-nominated 2013 record Today We’re Believers, the sextet have kept far from quiet. Between tours with the likes of Alt J and Bombay Bicycle Club and festival appearances the world over, the band worked on finding new and exploratory ways of expressing their percussive take on indie pop.

Late night recording sessions focused on anchoring their songs with drums and vocals led to the creation of Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit, Royal Canoe’s new album due September 16th via Nevado Music. Produced by Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective), the LP finds the band stitching their own creative sonic focus onto the backs of various genres.

“Living a Lie” sidles up with an R&B lean, while two tracks later “Love You Like That” flirts with hip-hop; the broken disco of “Checkmate” beats right between them both. “Walk out on the Water” and “How Long Is Your Life?” both pass through Southern gospel, and opener “Somersault” plays around like a prophetic ’90s pop band covering Animal Collective. A song like “Holidays” fuses it all with moments of straight up pop, blue-eyed soul, and even some jazzy instrumentals.

Something Got Lost is available for pre-order now, but you can stream it in advance below.

Royal Canoe will tour North America and parts of Europe in support of the album release. Find those dates beneath the artwork and tracklisting below.

Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit Artwork:

Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit Tracklist:

01. Somersault

02. Walk out on the Water

03. Living a Lie

04. Checkmate

05. Love You Like That

06. I Am Collapsing So Slowly

07. Holidays

08. Out of the Beehive

09. New Recording 270

10. Bicycle

11. How Long Is Your Life?

12. BB Gun

Royal Canoe 2016-2017 Tour Dates:

09/15 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre

09/17 – Lethbridge, AB @ Love & Records Festival

09/18 – Bozeman, MT @ The Filling Station

09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court

09/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi Hat

09/24 – Davis, CA @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen

09/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar

09/28 – Portland, OR @ Holocene

09/29 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern

09/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial

10/01 – Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar

10/03 – Rossland, BC @ The Flying Steamshovel

10/05 – Calgary, AB @ Marquee Beer Market & Stage

10/06 – Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar and Grill

10/07 – Edmonton, AB @ UP+DT Festival

10/08 – Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol

10/18 – Kingston, ON @ The Mansion

10/19 – Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti

10/20 – Fredericton, NB @ Capital Complex

10/21-10/22 – Halifax, NS @ Halifax Pop Explosion

10/26 – St. Catharines, ON @ L3

10/27 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace

10/28 – Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox

10/29 – Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola

10/30 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge

11/01 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott

11/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle

11/05 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

11/07 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café

11/09 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen

11/11 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

11/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

01/25 – Hamburg, DE @ MS Stubnitz

01/26 – Hannover, DE @ Feinkostlampe

01/31 – Manchester, UK @ The Castle Hotel

02/01 – London, UK @ The Slaughtered Lamb

02/04 – Freiburg, DE @ The Great Räng Teng Teng

02/07 – Vienna, AT @ B 72

02/08 – Nuremberg, DE @ K4

02/09 – Dortmund, DE @ FZW

02/10 – Dresden, DE @ Beatpol

02/11 – Berlin, DE @ Berghain Kantine