Devours Explained

Birth Name:Jeff Cancade
Origin:Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Genre:Electronic pop
Occupation:Singer-songwriter, producer, composer
Years Active: 2013-present
Label:Artoffact Records, Locksley Tapes

Devours is the stage name of Jeff Cancade, a Canadian electronic musician.[1]

Originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Cancade launched the project after moving to Vancouver, British Columbia and coming out as gay.[2] He released his debut mixtape Dignity in 2013,[3] before following up with the full-length mixtape 21st & Main in 2014.[4]

He then released his first official EP Avalon in 2015, and debut full-length album Late Bloomer on April 15, 2016, via the independent label Locksley Tapes.[5]

In 2018, he signed to Artoffact Records,[6] releasing his second album Iconoclast on that label in March 2019.[7] The album was preceded by the advance single "Curmudgeon", and supported with a regional tour of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.[8]

His music has been described as "a pseudo-goth, synth-heavy electronic project that occupies a uniquely experimental, queer niche in Vancouver" by The Globe and Mail.[1] Outside of Devours, Cancade has also composed music for television and film.[4]

His 2023 album Homecoming Queen was a longlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.[9]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. News: Ligeti . Arik . Queer synth-pop artist Devours on masculinity, body image and his split from religion . The Globe and Mail . 2 April 2019 . en-CA. https://archive.today/20240612140434/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-queer-synth-pop-artist-devours-on-masculinity-body-image-and-his/. 12 June 2024.
  2. News: Laube . Aly . Artist Spotlight: Devours . . 1 April 2019. https://archive.today/20240708010816/https://runnermag.ca/2019/04/artist-spotlight-devours/. 8 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Dee . Natalie . Devours: Passion Emergent . . https://archive.today/20240708010733/https://www.citr.ca/discorder/april-2016/devours-2/ . 8 July 2024 . 6 April 2016. Photography by Evan Buggle; Illustrations by Danielle Jette.
  4. News: Bouchard . Greg . Devours is Nanaimo's Second Biggest Export . Vice . 10 July 2014 . en. https://archive.today/20240708010807/https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3zxyy/devours-interview. 8 July 2024.
  5. News: Adams . Gregory . Devours 'Late Bloomer' . exclaim.ca . 11 April 2016 . en-ca. https://archive.today/20240708010831/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/devours-late_bloomer_album_stream. 8 July 2024.
  6. News: Theissen . Brock . Devours Signs to Artoffact Records for Sophomore Album 'Iconoclast' . exclaim.ca . 14 November 2018 . en-ca. https://archive.today/20240708010857/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/devours_signs_to_artoffact_records_for_sophomore_album_iconoclast. 8 July 2024.
  7. News: Devours Passionately Embraces Their Queer Identity. https://web.archive.org/web/20190622021437/http://beatroute.ca/2019/03/05/album-premiere-devours-passionately-embraces-queer-identity/. Lopez. Joey. BeatRoute. 5 March 2019. 22 June 2019.
  8. News: Theissen . Brock . Devours Introduces Us to the "Curmudgeon" in New Video . exclaim.ca . 20 February 2019 . en-ca. https://archive.today/20240708010932/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/devours_introduces_us_to_the_curmudgeon_in_new_video. 8 July 2024.
  9. News: 2024 Polaris Music Prize long list . CBC Music . 11 June 2024 . https://archive.today/20240708012102/https://www.cbc.ca/music/polaris-music-prize-2024-long-list-the-beaches-charlotte-cardin-allison-russell-1.7230166 . 8 July 2024.

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