--taken from: Glide Magazine (read more here)
Will Currie & The Country French began playing together as music majors at Wilfrid Laurier University. While they were predominantly classically trained percussionists, they would regularly take over practice rooms at night and make pop music. When they were asked to open for Tokyo Police Club in Toronto, they decided it was time to make it official and unite as a real band to begin releasing music and continue touring. They recorded one album, A Great Stage, and gave it away free at shows which caught the attention of Jay Ferguson of Sloan. In 2008, he caught the band playing a tiny bar in Toronto, brought home a copy of their free debut and immediately signed them to Murderecords, releasing the album properly throughout Canada. The band toured in support of the album, opening for the likes of Dan Mangan and Said The Whale.
--taken from: Glide Magazine (read more here)
