Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Leave No Bridge Unburned, Whitehorse’s second full-length album, sees the duo shaping a bigger, bolder rock sound, complete with a Top 3 charting radio single, unanimous critical acclaim (the album was pegged by many to be a top contender for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize) and ever-growing audiences across North America. Whitehorse, formed in 2010 by Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, has also been nominated for the Polaris Short List (2013), played two sold out shows at Massey Hall, and established itself in the U.S. as a band to watch, doubling sales and snagging high-profile media attention in the span of only two albums. Leave No Bridge Unburned is a fiery, forceful and finely tuned collection, “as welcoming and accessible and brilliant as a mainstream rock record could imaginably be in 2015” says critic Michael Barclay. Leave No Bridge Unburned bears the duo’s calling cards: unparalleled guitar playing, song-writing excellence and intense chemistry.