Zerbin

Zerbin
Origin Edmonton, Alberta/Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Indie pop
Years active 2009–present
Labels Independent
Website www.zerbinmusic.com
Members Jason Zerbin
Peter Mol
Duran Ritz

Zerbin are a Canadian indie rock band named after their frontman, Jason Zerbin. The other members are guitarist Peter Mol, and drummer Duran Ritz.[1] The group formed in Edmonton in 2009, but moved to the west coast of British Columbia in 2012.

Their releases include the album Of Fools and Gold (2010), the EP Touch (2013), and the single "Worlds on Fire" (2015). The band will release a new full length album entitled Darling on April 14, 2015 via Fontana North.[2]

Zerbin received two 2012 Edmonton Music Awards: Music Video of the Year and Single of the Year, for "New Earth".[3][4] In July, 2014 "New Earth" was voted #51 out of the Top 102 Canadian Songs by listeners of Edmonton's modern rock radio station SONiC 102.9.[5]

Zerbin was selected as Band of the Month for July 2014 by the Victoria, British Columbia modern rock radio station The Zone @ 91-3,[6] as well as by Edmonton's SONIC 102.9 in March 2015.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Devlin, Mike (December 4, 2013). "Long-distance collaboration: For Jason Zerbin, the creative pull of the Island was too strong to ignore despite logistical issues with writing partner", Times Colonist, p. C1.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Alex (February 4, 2015). "Zerbin Announce 'Darling' LP, Premiere New Single". exclaim.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sperounes, Sandra (July 24, 2013). "The Return of Zerbin", Edmonton Journal. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ Andrews, Coral (May 8, 2014). "Zerbin channels musical expression", The Record. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ Lee, Rick (July 1, 2014). "Turn Your Smile Up Bright". sonic1029.com. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Piecing together the travels to Zerbin". vic42.com. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.sonic1029.com/on-air/botm/march-2015-band-of-the-month-zerbin/#__federated=1

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