Shapes and Sizes

{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}} {{about|the Canadian band|the Joan Armatrading song|Shapes and Sizes (song)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Shapes and Sizes | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | genre = Indie rock | years_active = | label = Asthmatic Kitty | website = | current_members = Rory Seydel<br/>Caila Thompson-Hannant<br/>Nathan Gage<br/>John Crellin | past_members = }}

'''Shapes and Sizes''' are a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. There are four members—Nathan Gage, singers Caila Thompson-Hannant and Rory Seydel, and John Crellin.

==History== Shapes and Sizes came together in Victoria and self-released their self-titled first album in early 2006.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shapes-and-sizes-mn0000986775/biography "Shapes and Sizes"]. ''AllMusic'' Biography by James Christopher Monger</ref> The band signed with New York record label Asthmatic Kitty<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sufjan_loves_shapes_sizes "Sufjan Loves Shapes and Sizes"]. ''Exclaim!'', By Bryan Borzykowski, 1 January 2006</ref> and became the only Canadian band on its roster. The label reissued the band's album in July 2006.

In January 2007, the band released a split 7-inch with The Weird Weeds as part of Asthmatic Kitty's new split 7-inch series, "Unusual Animals". The band's second full-length album, ''Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner'', was released in May 2007.<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/shapes_sizes_talk_new_subdued_album "Shapes and Sizes Talk New "Subdued" Album"]. ''Exclaim!'', By Josiah Hughes, 2 July 2010</ref>

By 2009, Shapes and Sizes had moved to Montreal, and performed there as part of the 2009 Pop Montreal festival.<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/pop-montreal-concert-review-sufjan-stevens-at-cabaret-juste-pour-rire-oct-22009 "Pop Montreal: Concert Review: Sufjan Stevens at Cabaret Juste Pour Rire; Oct. 2,2009"]. ''Montreal Gazette. 3 October 2009 '',</ref> The band released their third album ''Candle to Your Eyes'' in August 2010.<ref>Sylvester, Daniel (2010) "[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/Shapes_Sizes-Candle_to_Your_Eyes Shapes and Sizes Candle to Your Eyes]", ''Exclaim!'', September 2010, retrieved 11 August 2011</ref> The album contained an eclectic collection of rock styles, partly because there are two lead singers with dissimilar voices.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9216-shapes-and-sizes/ "Shapes and Sizes: Shapes and Sizes"]. ''Pitchfork'', Chris Dahlen, 17 July 2006</ref><ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14511-candle-to-your-eyes/ "Shapes and Sizes: Candle to Your Eyes"]. ''Pitchfork'', Matthew Perpetua, 2 August 2010</ref> In the fall that year the album appeared on the !Earshot National Top 50 Chart.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=101&dWeekOfID=2010-10-26 "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, October 26, 2010"]. ''!Earshot''.</ref>

==Discography== ;Albums * 2006 ''Shapes and Sizes'' (Asthmatic Kitty) * 2007 ''Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner'' (Asthmatic Kitty) * 2010 ''Candle to Your Eyes'' (Asthmatic Kitty) ;EPs *2007 "Castanets + Shapes and Sizes" (Asthmatic Kitty) ;Singles * 2007 "Jinker/That Fat Hand" from ''Unusual Animals, vol. 1'', split 7-inch with The Weird Weeds (Asthmatic Kitty)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.asthmatickitty.com Asthmatic Kitty records] *[http://www.discollective.com/music/SideOne:ShapesAndSizes Shapes and Sizes Discollective Mixtape] *[https://stagehymns.blogspot.com/2006/05/interviews-come-in-all-different.html Shapes and Sizes Interview at Stage Hymns Music Blog] *[http://punkcast.com/1150 PUNKCAST#1150] Live video from Cake Shop, NYC – 11 May 2007. (RealPlayer, mp4) *[http://radio3.cbc.ca/concerts/Shapes-and-Sizes-2006-05-08/ CBC Radio 3 Session from May 08, 2006] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713022139/http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/index.php/2007/09/10/interview-shapes-and-sizes/ Shapes and Sizes interview at Impose Magazine]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shapes And Sizes}} Category:Musical groups with year of establishment missing Category:Musical groups from Victoria, British Columbia Category:Canadian indie rock groups Category:Asthmatic Kitty artists