Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band based in Toronto and consisting of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, bass player Eon Sinclair, and various session musicians.
During the recording of Sounding a Mosaic, Bedouin Soundclash formed a close bond with producer Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, with whom they continue to work today.
2 most played track on Canadian Radio, competing with Nickelback's "Photograph" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends".
[5] It was used in a 2006 T-Mobile ad in the UK,[citation needed] and in the Teton Gravity Research ski film, Anomaly.
"[citation needed] They were the main performance at the September 17, 2006 Toronto rally calling for Canadian intervention in the Darfur crisis.
[12] Also in 2006, the band founded its own imprint, Pirates Blend, to release their own side projects and b-sides, and sign other artists.
On March 6, 2009, the band premiered their new music video for the song "Hearts in the Night" on the website of the David Suzuki Foundation.
[20] On January 7, 2009, drummer Pat Pengelly announced that he would be leaving Bedouin Soundclash to attend Queen's University Law School.
In January 2010, the band and their management officially launched their label, Pirates Blend Records, with a distribution deal with Sony Music Canada.
[21] In February 2010, Sekou Lumumba became the official drummer of the band, starting off by joining them in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics performances.
[22] After the "Bright Lights and Bruises tour" with Michael Rault and Kinnie Starr, Pirates Blend Records announced that King Britt was confirmed to produce the next Bedouin Soundclash album at the studio of Larry Gold in Philadelphia.
The show was a Cystic fibrosis fundraiser held in memory of the band's friend and agent, Paul Gourlie.
In 2018, the band released six different singles: "Salt Water", "They Gutted This City", "When We're Gone", "Born Into Bad Times", "Drive", and "Holy".