Flotilla

Flotilla’s latest album, “One Hundred Words for Water,” has been hailed by Exclaim! magazine as “one of the most original and engaging albums released by a new Canadian group recently”. In support of this album, Flotilla has toured nationally and played at festivals such as NXNE, Ladyfest and Evolve. They’ve also made New York City their second home in the past year, playing frequently in Mahattan and Brooklyn, including a showcase for Deli Magazine. “One Hundred Words for Water” was the 4th most-played independently released album of 2009 on Canadian community/campus radio (behind Rural Alberta Advantage, The Balconies, and In-Flight Safety).

Led by the pairing of Veronica Charnley, an intuitive melodist and guitarist, and Geof Holbrook, an Ivy-League-schooled contemporary classical composer, Flotilla makes for an unusual, genre-defying indie-rock outfit. The music has been compared to Kate Bush, Bell Orchestre, Portishead, and Joanna Newsom. Charnley's songs have been praised for their melodic inventiveness and vivid imagery -- the “half-stories” of the lyrics provoke and invite the listener to imagine their own scenarios. Geof Holbrook (who was a finalist in the CBC Evolution Competition) provides arrangements for harp, autoharp, horns, kalimba, organ, piano and electronics that have been hailed as complex and adventurous.

Read full Bio