The Rest is an active Canadian musical group based in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]
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The Rest was formed in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 2003. The group started as a sextet. During the recording of The Rest's first full-length album, a cellist joined the ensemble. The Rest's line-up has remained stable since the first recording.
The Rest's second full length album, Everyone All At Once, was declared one of the best albums of 2009 by over a dozen reviewers.[2] In December 2009, second album song Sheep in Wolves' Clothing reached #2 on CBC Radio 3's Top 30.[3] The Rest has been featured on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6, CBC Radio 3, NPR, and a variety of commercial and college radio stations. The Rest has toured extensively in Central Canada, and has headlined several showcases in the United States and Great Britain.
Before embarking on a third full-length album, The Rest put together Cried Wolf,[4] a combination book and 4 song EP. The book is illustrated by visual artist MLXNDRSC.[5]
In October 2010, The Rest announced that SEESAW, a third full-length album, would be released in 2011.[1] John Huston, the first track from SEESAW to be disseminated, was released in early October 2010.[6] In September 2011, the band announced that although a hard drive glitch had temporarily deleted SEESAW, the album had been recovered by the people who recover the black boxes from crashed aeroplanes, and would be released in early 2012.[6]