Canadian Musician - January / February 2020 - Page 42
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In
their nearly
eight years to-
gether, the three
members of
Caveboy have collectively
amassed an impressive
pile of achievements and
accolades – one that
would be enviable to virtu-
ally any well-established
artist with years of tour-
ing experience and sever-
al records to their name.
But while they’ve got the
live performance pedigree
on lock, it’s somewhat
shocking that 2020 will
mark the release of the
band’s debut LP, Night in
the Park, Kiss in the Dark.
To say it’s been a
long time coming would
be an understatement,
especially considering the
fact that making “an al-
bum” – a physical collec-
tion of songs they could
see on store displays and
scrawl their signatures on
for fans – has been a top
priority pretty much since
day one.
“It was clear when
we first got together: we
wanted to make a record
– a full-length album to
hold in our hands and put
on our turntables, having
grown up on the music
our parents listened
to blasting around the
house. We kind of bonded
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(L-R) Lana Cooney, Michelle Bensimon & Isabelle Banos of Caveboy
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