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As the Poets Affirm

...As the Poets Affirm was a Canadian independent rock band formed in 2001 in Ottawa, Ontario. The band began as a three-piece acoustic project, and later evolved into a seven-member line-up experimenting with jazz, classical and electronica. Its name is taken from a line in Dante's Inferno. The original members were – Gary Udle, Nathan Gara (drums), Ryan Patterson, Adam Saikaley, bassist and singer Alex Cairncross and cellist Cindy Olberg. They were occasionally joined by violinist Renée Leduc, bassist Ryan Griffin, keyboardist, cellist and singer Kina De Grasse Forney, and on guitar, keyboards and trumpet, Ben Belanger. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Tracks

The People Proper I Am Pleasant Erato The Suburbs of a Secret We Represent Melpomene Portrait: Levity May Call The Sky Changed Again East of Adelaide The Snick-Berry Switch Charivari Awake Chaos 2006 From Drenched and Dripping Apple Trees 2006

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