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The Belle Game

Dark-Pop from Vancouver BC
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The Belle Game

Label: Boompa
since circa 2009
The Belle Game´s debut album, Ritual Tradition Habit, begins with bashful guitars, a soft wave of cymbals, and a pair of ambiguous phrases. `Ritual´, a sweetly haunting soundscape, lasts only a few moments before fleshing out a procession of wild and witchy tunes, full of melancholy, mythology and symphonic power.

Led by the hypnotic vocals of Andrea Lo, The Belle Game take intricate guitar and keyboard lines, anchored by dark pop rhythms, and weave them into gorgeous, graceful melodies. . . the end result still retaining the rawness of a boozy confessional. Vancouver alt-weekly The Georgia Straight describes their music as ”…a mix of pastoral pop and percussion-bombed art rock.”

Produced by John Raham, Ritual Tradition Habit is a journey through 12 beautifully layered tracks, interrupted by the occasional chant, hymn and instrumental rumbling. Among them the spooky blues ballad, ‘River’, a song about shedding the past, which builds into Lo’s heartfelt salvo: “There´s a place that I found / Full of sins that you´ve drowned / I´ll be your river/ I´ve been your river since we were kids.”

Over the last two years, the band has been quietly gathering acclaim across Canada, starting with major Canadian Festival appearances in support of their two independently released EPs, and their subsequent signing to hometown label, Boompa Records. They followed this up by playing coveted opening slots for international sensation Gotye and Polaris Music Prize winners Karkwa.

On March 4th, 2013, The Belle Game will release Wait Up For You/Wasted Light as a limited edition 7″ through Bella Union in the UK and Europe. Their debut full-length album, Ritual Tradition Habit will follow in the Spring/Summer of 2013.

The Belle Game is Andrea Lo, Adam Nanji, Katrina Jones, Alex Andrew and Rob Chursinoff.
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04
Jun
2015
21:00
The Belle Game, David Vertesi
The Belle Game with David Vertesi Thursday, June 4th, 2015 The Biltmore Cabar...
$13
The Biltmore Cabaret
Event can be attended in person
14
Jun
2014
13:45
Tegan And Sara, Spoon, Arkells, Hannah Georgas, Wake Owl, Chad Vangaalen, The Be...
CBC MUSIC TAKES THE CBCMUSIC.CA FESTIVAL ON THE ROAD WITH SHOW IN VANCOUVER Fea...
$59.50
Deer Lake Park
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09
Nov
2013
21:00
Belle Game and Bear Mountain: The Belle Game, Bear Mountain, The Darcys, Dralms
Vancouver’s The Belle Game & Bear Mountain co-headline tour across Western Can...
$13
The Vogue Theatre
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04
Jul
2013
20:00
We Are the City comes to The Vogue Theatre as part of the "Violent" tour: We Are...
www.hipcity.ca
$18
The Vogue Theatre
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28
Jun
2013
Tall Tree Music Festival: Hollerado, Hey Ocean!, A Tribe Called Red, Sweatshop U...
Come join us for our 4th Annual Tall Tree Music Festival this Canada Day long we...
Browns Mountain
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15
Jun
2013
20:30 23:00
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Belle Game
 
$15
The Biltmore Cabaret
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27
Apr
2013
20:00 00:00
Sold Out - Hannah Georgas, The Belle Game
 
$24
Rio Theatre
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26
Apr
2013
20:00 00:00
Hannah Georgas, The Belle Game
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, A SECOND HANNAH GEORGAS SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE R...
$22.50
Rio Theatre
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25
Apr
2013
20:00
Hannah Georgas, The Belle Game
 
$18
The Upstairs Cabaret
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06
Dec
2012
21:00
The Belle Game, Jasper Sloan Yip, Hannah Epperson
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$15
The Anza Club
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23
Nov
2012
21:00
The Zolas , The Belle Game
 
$8-$10
Felicita's Pub
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05
May
2012
21:00 14:00
BEEKEEPER 7" release party!!!: beekeeper, The Belle Game, Brother Act, Fine Times
Join Vancouver's post-pop darlings BEEKEEPER in celebrating the release of their...
$10
The Media Club
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08
Apr
2012
21:00 00:00
Gotye, The Belle Game
ONSALE: Sat. Dec. 10 at 10am
$20
The Vogue Theatre
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23
Mar
2012
23:00 03:00
Current Swell, The Brltish Columbians, acres of lions, Maurice, The Belle Game, ...
 
CMW - The Rivoli
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31
Jan
2012
20:00 22:00
Current Swell, The Belle Game, Maurice
 
$10
Station Bar - W Hollywood Hotel
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25
Nov
2011
19:00 22:00
Hey Ocean!, The Belle Game, Josh Hyslop
 
$18-$21
Distrikt
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20
Oct
2011
20:30
Media Democracy Day Fundraiser: Sidney York, The Belle Game, The Ruffled Feathers
Media Democracy Day Fundraiser featuring SIDNEY YORK, THE BELLE GAME, and The ...
$10
Railway Club
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20
Sep
2011
21:30 00:00
Karkwa, Aidan Knight, The Belle Game
 
$15
The Biltmore Cabaret
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Current Lineup

Adam Nanji
Andrea Lo
Alex Andrew
Katrina Jones
Rob Chursinoff

Past Members

Aliza Thibodeau
? - 201
Ian Cook
? - 201
Marcus Abramzik
Bass
2012 - 2014

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