Years active 2000s-present Record labels Anti-, Arts & Crafts | ||
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Albums The Bearer of Bad News, The Party, Darker Days, Waiting for the Sun to Leave, Four Songs Profiles | ||
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Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Regina, Saskatchewan. He plays several instruments, including clarinet.
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Early life
Shauf was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, grew up in Bienfait and later moved to Regina. His parents ran an electronics and music store, giving him access to a variety of instruments. He played Christian music with his family.
Career
Shauf was as a drummer in the Christian pop punk band Captain until 2006.
He released his debut album, Darker Days, in 2009, and followed up with the EPs Waiting for the Sun to Leave (2010) and Sam Jones Feeds His Demons (2012).
He released the album The Bearer of Bad News independently in 2012. The album was rereleased in 2015 on Tender Loving Empire and Party Damage Records.
In 2015, Shauf signed to Arts & Crafts Productions in Canada and ANTI- internationally, releasing the non-album single "Jenny Come Home" as his first release on both labels. "Jenny Come Home" was Shauf's breakthrough on Canadian radio, charting on both CBC Radio 2's Radio 2 Top 20 and CBC Radio 3.
Through early 2016, he toured Europe as an opening act for The Lumineers. He moved from Saskatchewan to Toronto in April, and his album, The Party, was released in May. After some experimental recordings with a group of musicians, Shauf ended up playing almost all of the instruments on the album himself, recording the tracks sequentially.
His song "Wendell Walker" from The Bearer of Bad News was shortlisted for the 2016 SOCAN Songwriting Prize, and The Party was a shortlisted finalist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.
Albums
EPs
Songs
The MagicianThe Party · 2016
Early to the PartyThe Party · 2016
Quite Like YouThe Party · 2016