The Heavy Blinkers were a Canadian orchestrated-pop music group, from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[1] Their music is influenced by Brian Wilson,[2] Serge Gainsbourg, Ennio Morricone, Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson.
Original members included Andrew Watt, singer Ruth Minnikin,[3] and singer/songwriter Jason MacIsaac.
In January 2008, Watt and Minnikin left the band, leaving MacIsaac as the only remaining original member.
[7] In 2014 the band was nominated for an East Coast Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year.