The Waking Eyes

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Waking Eyes


Img_size = 275px
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 2002 - present
Genre = Indie rock
Rock
Origin = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Label = Warner Music Canada
Current_members = Matt Peters
Joey Penner
Steve Senkiw
Rusty Matyas

The Waking Eyes is a rock band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.

History

The band formed after the break-up of two other Manitoba bands, The Pets from Steinbach and Novillero from Winnipeg. In 2002 the Waking Eyes released a full-length album, "Combing the Clouds". This was followed up by their 2004 album, "Video Sound". The line up in the band got changed when bassist, Russ Duerksen left and Joey Penner was introduced. The band has been on several tours, having travelled all across Canada, as well as into the United States and to overseas locations such as Germany for POPKOMM's "Kick it like Canada". In 2005 the group was nominated for a Juno Award for New Group of the Year but lost to Alexisonfire.

The Waking Eyes spent the better part of 2006 holed-up in their Winnipeg jam space, writing and demoing songs for their next album. Pre-production took place in Winnipeg during February 2007.

The band recorded the follow-up to "Video Sound" in a Winnipeg studio in May 2007 with producer/engineer John Paul Peters (formerly of The Undecided).

Rusty and Matt are currently involved with side projects while working on the band's follow-up album. Rusty's side projects include "Terrier" and "The Mother Brothers Band". The Terrier side project has music by The Waking Eyes that will not make it to the studio album and The Mother Brothers Band is a project with Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs. Matt's side project is called "Royal Canoe" which features all the members of The Waking Eyes in the band, as well as Nathan Blanchard, Jo Snyder, David Wiebe, Andy Freund and Tom Keenan.

All the bands are expecting to release their debut albums following the release of the next Waking Eyes album in 2008.

The Waking Eyes' new record, Holding On To Whatever It Is, was released digitally via iTunes on July 1, 2008. The band released the record on vinyl in September, and CD copies will be available November 4th,2008.

Discography

* "Combing the Clouds" (2002)
* "Video Sound" (2004)
* "Holding On To Whatever It Is" (2008)

Music videos

* "Watch Your Money"
* "The Beginning"
* "On a Train"
* "But I Already Have It"
* "Taking the Hard Way" (With scenes showing their live shows)
* "All Empires Fall" "

Radio Singles

* "Watch Your Money"
* "The Beginning"
* "On a Train"
* "If You Know Why"
* "All Empires Fall"

ee also

*List of bands from Canada

External links

* [http://www.thewakingeyes.com The Waking Eyes Official Site]
* [http://www.uniter.ca/view.php?aid=39187 "From the Ground Up" - A November 2006 article about The Waking Eyes]