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Woodpigeon are a Canadian indie pop collective founded in Calgary and presently based in Montréal. It is led by and performs the songs of Mark Andrew Hamilton. Woodpigeon have released six studio albums, and a number of EPs, and Hamilton has worked with over 75 collaborators both on record and in live performance. Live, Woodpigeon is often a solo project incorporating loops and layered vocals.
When asked about the band's name, Hamilton explains: "I've always been in love with the word Woodpigeon for as long as I can remember. When you write it in cursive, it looks like a rollercoaster."
The band's sound has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly Bear, Talk Talk, Camera Obscura, Simon & Garfunkel, and Belle & Sebastian, amongst others. Band leader Mark Hamilton's main lyrical influence is The Kinks.
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- Long Time Before This (Gwaii Haanas, BC) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Height of Land (Prince Albert, SK) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Welcome to the Dark (Cape Breton Highlands, NS) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- The Humble Fawn (Waterton Lakes, AB) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- The Iceberg Cometh (Sirmilik, NU) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Sunblood (Nahanni, NWT) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Mystic Morning (Kouchibouguac, NB) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Listen and Profit (Cape Breton Highlands, NS) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Ohkoomii (Waterton Lakes, AB) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Marr Lake (Bruce Peninsula, ON) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Komatik Kowboys (edit) (Sirmilik, NU) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Grotto (Mingan, QC) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Mountaintop (Gros Morne, NL) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Simple Things (Prince Edward Island, PEI) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Wapusk (Wapusk, MB) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Longhouse (edit) (Gwaii Haanas, BC) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Mishka Solo on Icefields (Kluane, YU) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Kathleen Lake (Kluane, YU) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Bruce Beckons (Bruce Peninsula, ON) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
- Sunset and the Rainbow (Prince Albert, SK) - National Parks Project - Mark Hamilton
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