THE WORLD PROVIDER (MONTREAL/CAN)
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The World Provider - Hard Feelings

THE WORLD PROVIDER sows delight and confusion, continuing to find-tune the irresistible combination of catchy tunes, cheap keyboard somics, and over-the-top theatrical performance.

THE WORLD PROVIDER got started in Toronto in 1999, coming up alongside some friends you might have heard of - Peaches, Feist, Gonzales, Mocky, Taylor Savvy. Eventually they all moved on to Europe and varying degrees of fame. THE WORLD PROVIDER, in a possibly misguided display of non-conformity, stayed on these shores, relocating to Montreal.

2004 saw the release of Enabler on Montreal's Ta-Da Records. Critics declared it "a suitably grand entrance" (Exclaim) and "one of the catchiest, weirdest records of the year" (Missoula Independent). THE WORLD PROVIDER took his show on the road in Canada and the US, raising eyebrows with his multiple costume changes and casio rock anthems.

In 2005, THE WORLD PROVIDER was expanded to a full band with the addition of drummer Olga Goreas and keyboardists Kara Blake and Stacey De Wolfe. The all-girl crew's matching gold outfits, occasional bursts of choreographed dance, and unlikely toy-keyboard rock assault solidified the WORLD PROVIDER experience into Entertainment Gold.

After showstopping performances at SXSW, Pop Montreal, and Halifax pop Explosion, the crew retreated to Montreal's Breakglass Studio to craft the new Lost Illusions EP. Six new tunes including "Valentine" (featuring Feist), "Volunteers" (also featured on a video directed by filmmaker\WP keybordist Kara Blake), and an electro-house cover of Pavement's "Kennel District" catapult the WORLD PROVIDER sound into pop music's heavenly heights.