Rob Benvie

Rob Benvie (born in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian musician and writer who has performed with alternative rock acts Thrush Hermit, Bankruptcy,[1] Camouflage Nights, The Tennis Injury, and The Dears. He also records and occasionally performs live as Tigre Benvie.

Rob Benvie
OriginHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
GenresIndie rock
alternative rock
InstrumentsGuitar, vocals
Years active1990s–present
LabelsMurderecords
Sonic Unyon Records
Elektra Records
Associated actsBankruptcy
Thrush Hermit
Camouflage Nights
The Dears
Tigre Benvie
The Tennis Injury
The Tim Robbins Experience
Drug Dog

Benvie first gained notoriety as the guitarist, singer and songwriter in Halifax rock band Thrush Hermit. Thrush Hermit also included Joel Plaskett, Ian McGettigan and Cliff Gibb. Touring extensively throughout North America, Thrush Hermit released two EPs on Murderecords: Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean. Their first full-length Sweet Homewrecker was released on the American label Elektra Records. In 1999, Thrush Hermit released Clayton Park on Sonic Unyon Records.[2] In 2010, Thrush Hermit briefly reunited for a successful reunion tour, followed by another in 2020 with the reissue of Clayton Park.[3]

Prior to the Thrush Hermit era, Benvie distributed numerous home recordings under such names as The Tennis Injury, Yammer, Drug Dog, and Day Pass. Since Thrush Hermit's 1999 break-up, Benvie has produced several solo albums under his own name and as Tigre Benvie.[4]

In 2001, he joined The Dears as bass/guitar player, and in years following continued to perform and record with the band in various faculties, most actively for 2008's Missiles and 2011's Degeneration Street.[5]

Benvie and McGettigan have recorded and performed as Camouflage Nights. After a string of tour dates and limited edition audio and video releases, the band's long-delayed debut LP was released in April 2012 by Sonic Unyon Records.[6] Camouflage Nights has remixed artists such as Stars,[7] Every Move a Picture, Pony Da Look, along with scoring numerous film and television projects.

In May 2001 literature and humour website McSweeney's Internet Tendency featured an essay by Benvie titled "The Porn I Like". Benvie's first novel, Safety of War, was published by Coach House Books.[8] In 2011, Benvie published a second novel, titled Maintenance,[9] along with a full-length instrumental 'audio companion' available via download through Coach House.[10]

In 2015, Benvie founded the rock band Bankruptcy. Their debut LP For The Future was released in April 2016.[11] Bankruptcy's follow-up album, Computers Make the Drinks, was released in 2019.[12]

Discography
  • 2000 - Year of the Mutt
  • 2002 - Bankruptcy
  • 2010 - 2003 (EP)
  • 2011 - Maintenance: The Original Soundtrack
  • 2012 - Mistiness
  • 2013 - Stuplimity, or The Nova Scotia Book of The Dead
  • 2015 - How To Write a Romance Novel
  • 2016 - For The Future (w/Bankruptcy)
  • 2017 - You Will Not Enter The Valley
  • 2019 - Computers Make the Drinks (w/Bankruptcy)

Bibliography


References
  1. Lindsay, Cam (Dec 20, 2015). "Tuns / Bankruptcy Dakota Tavern, Toronto ON, December 19". Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "Halifax's Thrush Hermit included among 2020 Polaris Heritage Prize contenders | The Guardian". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Thrush Hermit reunites, sets Marquee Ballroom date | The Chronicle Herald". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. "Tigre Benvie Bankruptcy". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "The Dears performing new album in full on select dates". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "Camouflage Nights - Camouflage Nights | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. "Stars: Do You Trust Your Friends?". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  8. "On Rob Benvie's Maintenance". The Toronto Review of Books. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  9. "Book Review: Maintenance, by Rob Benvie". nationalpost. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  10. "Rob Benvie soundtrack in tune with his new novel". Quill and Quire. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  11. "Bankruptcy Announce 'For the Future' LP, Premiere Title Track". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  12. "Bankruptcy Computers Make the Drinks". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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