Blue Hawaii (band)

The band's debut EP, Blooming Summer, was released in 2010 on Arbutus,[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/blue_hawaii_-_blooming_summer "Blue Hawaii Blooming Summer"]. Exclaim!, May 20, 2010 a cooperative label set up to promote members of a music and artistic community in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. The two musicians performed in Montreal, at times with other members of the collective.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/pop_montreal-blue_hawaii-rialto_montreal_qc_september_30 "Blue Hawaii Rialto, Montreal QC September 30"]. Exclaim!, Sophie Naima Caird, Oct 01, 2010

The pair released their first studio album, Untogether in 2013,[https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/07/mtlmoments-blue-hawaii-on-montreals-urban-village/ "#MTLMoments: Blue Hawaii on Montreal’s Urban Village"] by Sasha Geffen, Consequences of Sound, on July 29, 2013. and then went out on tour.[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/blue-hawaii-interview_n_6416460 "Here's Why You Should Find Your Home In Other People"]. Todd Van Luling, The Huffington Post, 01/07/2015 The album chronicled the end of the pair's romantic relationship, and the group ended after the release, with Ra concentrating on Braids and Agor focusing on DJing.{{Cite web|url=https://cultmtl.com/2017/10/blue-hawaii/|title = Blue Hawaii get reconnected|date = 6 October 2017}}

In 2014, Agor reworked some of their existing tracks and released a mixtape, Agor Edits.[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/12/blue-hawaii-shares-agor-edits-mixtape.html "Blue Hawaii Shares Agor Edits Mixtape"]. Paste Magazine, By Dan Holmes | December 18, 2014

The group reunited in 2016 in Los Angeles,{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/blue-hawaii/601168171|title = Blue Hawaii on Apple Music|website = iTunes}} and a single, No One Like You, was released in 2017.[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/07/daily-dose-blue-hawaii-returns-with-no-one-like-yo.html "Daily Dose: Blue Hawaii, "No One Like You"]. Paste Magazine, by Adrian Spinelli | July 25, 2017 That same year, Blue Hawaii released their second album, Tenderness.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/blue-hawaii-return-with-new-album-tenderness-share-new-song-no-one-like-you-listen/|title=Blue Hawaii Return With New Album Tenderness, Share New Song "No One L - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=25 July 2017|accessdate=10 November 2017}}[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ann-vriend-blue-hawaii-and-nature-of-1.4475502 "Ann Vriend, Blue Hawaii and Nature Of"]. CBC News, Katherine Duncan · CBC News · Jan 11, 2018

In 2018, the pair performed at the Ypsigrock festival in Sicily.[https://www.gigwise.com/features/3272267/fantasy-festival-highlights-from-sicily-s-spectacular-ypsigrock-festival-2018 "Fantasy festival: Highlights from Sicily's spectacular Ypsigrock Festival 2018"]. Gigwise, Vic Galloway, 17th August 2018

Their third studio album, Open Reduction Internal Fixation, was released on October 11, 2019.{{cite web |last1=Monroe |first1=Jazz |title=Blue Hawaii Announce New Album Open Reduction Internal Fixation, Share Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/blue-hawaii-announce-new-album-open-reduction-internal-fixation-share-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=August 22, 2019 |date=August 22, 2019}}

Diamond Shovel, the pair's fourth studio album was released on June 7, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=Blue Hawaii Share New Single "Belly Ring": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2259386/blue-hawaii-belly-ring/music/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}

• Untogether (2013, Arbutus Records)
• Tenderness (2017, Arbutus Records)
• Open Reduction Internal Fixation (2019, Arbutus Records)
• Diamond Shovel (2024, Helix Records)

• Agor Edits (2014, Arbutus Records)

• Blue Hawaii / Braids split cassette EP with Braids (2010, Arbutus Records)
• Blooming Summer EP (2010, Arbutus Records)
• "Try to Be" promo CD single (2013, Arbutus Records)
• "Get Happy" / "Get Happier" digital single (2014, Arbutus Records)
• "No One Like You" digital single (2017, Arbutus Records)
• "All That Blue" digital single (2019, Arbutus Records)
• Under 1 House EP (2020, Arbutus Records)
• "My Bestfriend's House" digital single (2022, Arbutus Records)
• "Butterfly" digital single (2022, Arbutus Records)

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