Devon Welsh
{{short description|Canadian musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Devon Welsh
| image = Devon Welsh, SXSW 2013.jpg
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| caption = Welsh performing with Majical Cloudz at SXSW 2013
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| origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = You Are Accepted
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Majical Cloudz|The Pop Winds|Belave|Grimes}}
| website = {{URL| https://devonwelsh.com/}}
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Devon Welsh (born September 3, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. From 2010 to 2016, he was the frontman of the electropop duo Majical Cloudz.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/63948-majical-cloudz-break-up/|title=Majical Cloudz Break Up|last=Camp|first=Zoe|date=March 4, 2016|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=August 27, 2018}} He released his debut solo album, Dream Songs, in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/devon-welsh-dream-songs-stream-interview/|title=Devon Welsh Is a Voice of Reason on His Solo Debut 'Dream Songs'|last=Sundermann|first=Eric|date=August 23, 2018|publisher=Vice|work=Noisey|access-date=August 27, 2018}}
Early life and education
Welsh was born to film and television actor Kenneth Welsh.{{cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/majical-cloudz-dont-want-to-be-cool-and-boring-1426951380.html|title=Majical Cloudz Don't Want to Be "Cool and Boring"|last=Dolan|first=Margaret|date=June 17, 2013|website=Paper Magazine|accessdate=August 27, 2018}} He lived in Sandford, Ontario, a community of Uxbridge, for a few years. His parents separated when he was four. He entered McGill University in 2007 and graduated in 2011 with a degree in comparative religion.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-talked-to-majical-cloudz/|title=We Talked To Majical Cloudz|date=January 3, 2013|publisher=Vice|work=Noisey|access-date=August 27, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/majical-cloudz/|title=Fall Down Laughing: The Story of Majical Cloudz|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|date=June 25, 2015|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}
Career
Welsh released his debut solo album, Dream Songs, on August 24, 2018. The album was produced by Austin Tufts of Braids and self-released on You Are Accepted, a record label created by Welsh.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8472074/devon-welsh-solo-album-dream-songs-majical-cloudz|title=Devon Welsh On Ending Majical Cloudz and His Hopeful Solo Debut: 'I Put Energy Into' Being Kinder to Myself|last=Cooke|first=Shawn|date=August 24, 2018|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}
Personal life
From 2007 to 2010, Welsh was in an on-and-off relationship with Claire Boucher, known professionally as Grimes. The two met in 2007 at a first-year dorm party while studying at McGill University.
Discography
=Solo albums=
- Dream Songs (2018)
- True Love (2019){{cite web |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Devon Welsh (Ex-Majical Cloudz) Announces New Album True Love |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/devon-welsh-ex-majical-cloudz-announces-new-album-true-love/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=August 12, 2019 |date=July 30, 2019}}
- Come with Me If You Want to Live (2024){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/majical-cloudz-devon-welsh-announces-new-album-shares-song-listen/|title=Devon Welsh Announces New Album Come With Me If You Want to Live, Shares Song|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|website=Pitchfork|date=January 16, 2024|access-date=January 16, 2024}}
=Compilation albums=
- Down the Mountain (2016)
=With Belave=
- Darlet on the Brush (2014)
- Indigo, Streams, Lash. (2016)
- the world is rain. (2017)
=With Majical Cloudz=
- Majical Cloudz (2010)
- II (2011)
- Impersonator (2013)
- Are You Alone? (2015)
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{official website}}
- {{discogs artist|Devon Welsh}}
- {{imdb name|7461419}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian male singers
Category:21st-century Canadian singers
Category:McGill University alumni