Weaves is a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, consisting of vocalist Jasmyn Burke, guitarist Morgan Waters, drummer Spencer Cole and bassist Zach Bines.
[1] The band was formed in 2012 by Burke and Waters, who first met each other in a bar and began recording demo songs based on files of song ideas Burke recorded on her iPhone.
[1] In 2013, Bines and Cole joined the band shortly before recording commenced on their debut EP.
[2] The 2016 album was shortlisted for both the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year[3] and the 2017 Polaris Music Prize[4] in 2017, as well as garnering a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Shithole".
[5] The band's second full-length album, Wide Open, was released on October 6, 2017.