Biography
Originally from the town of Midland in Simcoe County, Ontario, Luke LaLonde (guitar/vocals), Mitch Derosier (bass) and Steven Hamelin (drums) relocated to the province’s capital Toronto in 2004. A burgeoning online reputation and a series of wild live performances led to a contract with the UK electronic music label Warp Records, which by the mid-00s had begun to diversify into other musical genres. The trio’s self-titled debut EP bristled with youthful fervour, with the six short tracks whipping by in a frenzy of jerky rhythms and staccato post-punk guitar. The power pop opener, ‘This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life’, gained a fair amount of radio play, and the following year the trio returned with the similarly styled ‘Hummingbird’. The 2008 album Red, Yellow & Blue introduced some more expansive musical touches, notably on the opening title track and the acoustic ‘Little Garcon’, although the rest of the album...
Read the Full Biography of Born Ruffians
|
OLDIES.com on
|
