Rich Aucoin is a Canadian indie rock musician, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[1] He is the younger brother of Paul Aucoin of Hylozoists.[2] He performs and records both as a solo artist and as a collaborator and guest musician in Hylozoists.[2]
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Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock, indie pop, experimental music |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | Indie MTL |
Members | Rich Aucoin Joel Waddell Erik VanLunen Darryl Smith |
Website | richaucoin |
Aucoin released his first EP, Personal Publication, in 2007. The album was designed as an alternative soundtrack to How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[2] He supported the release by undertaking a cross-Canada tour traveled entirely by bicycle, to raise money for Childhood Cancer Canada;[2] when that tour was completed, he went on another tour with Hylozoists, but subsequently faced a health crisis when his sudden shift from regular exercise during the bicycle tour to virtually no exercise at all during the Hylozoists tour triggered an iron deficiency.[2] After recuperating, he undertook another solo tour, running partial marathons between stops to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.[2]
During both tours, he also recorded material across Canada with a wide variety of musicians, friends and fans for what would become his debut full-length album, 2011's We're All Dying to Live; in total, the album features over 500 guest musicians,[2] including Jay Ferguson of Sloan, Becky Ninkovic of You Say Party, Michael Small of The Meligrove Band, and Rae Spoon.[1] The album's release party, held at the 2011 Halifax Pop Explosion festival, featured over 80 musicians onstage.[2]
The album appeared on the !earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January, 2012.[3] and was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize in June of that year.[4] The video for "Brian Wilson Is A.L.I.V.E." won the Prism Prize in 2013.[5]
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