Genres Post punk Associated acts Surinam Genre Post-punk | Years active 2002 (2002)–2012 Active until 2012 Origin Oshawa, Canada (2003) | |
Website deadastronaut.com/anagram Members Clayton ChurcherMatt MasonWilly MasonJeff Peers Past members Jon SchwartzChris LevoirChristopher SandesChris Taylor Albums After Dark, Anagram, The Lights Went Up, The Other Side, Songs From Far Away, Archipelago Record labels troublewith2 productions, LLC, Anna Einarsson Music, Anagram | ||
Anagram was a Canadian punk rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada based out of Toronto.
The band saw extensive personnel changes since Matt Mason founded the band with his fraternal twin Willy Mason, but it eventually settled into its current membership: Matt Mason, lead vocals; Jeff Peers, bassist; Clayton Churcher, drummer;and Willy Mason, guitarist. Their self-titled debut EP was released in late 2003. Their first full-length album, After Dark, was released in early 2006. They have also released a split 12" with The Creeping Nobodies of Toronto as well as a 7" single in mid-2007. The band released their third album in 2010 Majewski on record label Dead Astronaut.
Some critics have referred to Anagram as "Toronto's best live band", and Now wrote, "Their droning hypnotism has been known to arouse urges to violence and maybe a house fire or two." Andrew Steenberg of Exclaim! wrote that their album is "a lesson in how music should be played."
Anagram played their final show at The Silver Dollar Room on April 13, 2012. In 2013, three members of Anagram's final lineup reconvened as Surinam.
Songs
Right Kind Of LoveThe Lights Went Up · 2006
Put Your Arms Around Me NowThe Lights Went Up · 2006
Y2KThe Other Side · 2009