The Phonemes were a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, active in the 2000s.[1] A trio whose core members were vocalist and songwriter Magali Meagher, bassist Liz Forsberg and drummer Matias Rozenberg,[2] the group's two releases on Blocks Recording Club also featured guest contributions from Owen Pallett, Katie Crown, Bob Wiseman, Steve Kado and Leon Taheny.
Meagher, a native of Guelph who moved to Toronto in 1998 and was a supporting musician in The Hidden Cameras,[3] started the band in 2003.[4] The band released its self-titled debut EP in 2004,[1] and followed up with the full-length album There's Something We've Been Meaning to Do in 2007.[5] In 2009, they contributed the non-album track "April, Let's Send His Colleagues an E-mail" to the compilation album Friends in Bellwoods II.[6] They supported their music with some touring, both as a band[3] and Meagher on her own in collaboration with Wiseman and Jason Trachtenburg.[7]
The band did not release any further music after "April, Let's Send His Colleagues an E-mail". Meagher subsequently toured with Laura Barrett, Alysha Haugen and Dana Snell (of The Bicycles) in Sheezer, an all-female Weezer tribute band.[8]