Kevin Drew

{{short description|Canadian musician and songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kevin Drew

| image = Kevin_Drew (cropped).jpg

| caption = Performing with Broken Social Scene at the Intonation Music Festival, 2005.

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| background = solo_singer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|09|07}}

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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| genre = Indie rock, Baroque pop, Alternative

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| label = Arts & Crafts

| associated_acts = Broken Social Scene, KC Accidental, Secret Path, Brendan Canning

| website = [http://www.kevindrewmusic.com/ kevindrewmusic.com]

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Kevin Drew (born September 9, 1976) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene.{{cite news |author=Alissa Quart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/26toronto.html |title=Guided by (Many, Many) Voices |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 26, 2006 |access-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123154743/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/26toronto.html |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |url-status=live }} He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which consisted of Drew and Charles Spearin, another current member of Broken Social Scene.

Drew has shared in the direction of Broken Social Scene videos under the name Experimental Parachute Movement. In 2008 he wrote and directed a short film called "The Water," inspired by and starring his bandmate and former girlfriend Leslie Feist.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/811-kevin-drew-and-feist-the-water |title=Watch Official Music Videos & Live Performances |website=Pitchfork.com |access-date=April 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301101228/https://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/811-kevin-drew-and-feist-the-water |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |url-status=live }} In 2009, Drew contributed to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Drew grew up in west Toronto and attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts, along with Metric's Emily Haines,Berman, Stuart. This Book is Broken. 2009. Stars' Amy Millan and novelist Ibi Kaslik,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/03/27/kaslik_draws_on_indie_band_connection_for_novel.html|title=Kaslik draws on indie band connection for novel|date=Mar 27, 2008|website=thestar.com|access-date=Apr 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061851/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/03/27/kaslik_draws_on_indie_band_connection_for_novel.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}} where he, Amy and Emily studied drama. He was married to Jo-ann Goldsmith, a social worker and an occasional trumpet player in BSS.

Drew's second solo album, Darlings, was released on March 18, 2014.{{cite web|title=Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew Announces New Album Darlings, Shares "Good Sex"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53432-broken-social-scenes-kevin-drew-announces-new-album-darlings-shares-good-sex/|publisher=PitchforkMedia|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317225949/http://pitchfork.com/news/53432-broken-social-scenes-kevin-drew-announces-new-album-darlings-shares-good-sex/|archive-date=March 17, 2014|url-status=live}}

On January 15, 2013, Drew announced in an interview that he had begun working on a new album with The Archies songwriter Andy Kim.{{cite web|last=Dumbol|first=Ryan|title=Kevin Drew|date=January 15, 2013|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/49163-broken-social-scenes-kevin-drew-plans-to-release-two-new-albums-this-year/|publisher=PitchforkMedia|access-date=February 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218065313/http://pitchfork.com/news/49163-broken-social-scenes-kevin-drew-plans-to-release-two-new-albums-this-year/|archive-date=February 18, 2013|url-status=live}} The album, It's Decided, was released in 2015.[https://www.popmatters.com/post/189950-andy-kim-longest-time-audio-premiere/ "Andy Kim - "Longest Time" (audio) (Premiere)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024073721/http://www.popmatters.com/post/189950-andy-kim-longest-time-audio-premiere/ |date=October 24, 2017 }}. PopMatters, January 26, 2015.

Drew's third solo album, Influences, was released on July 16, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/broken-social-scene-kevin-drew-announces-album-shares-new-song-listen/|title = Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew Announces Album, Shares New Song| website=Pitchfork |date = June 15, 2021}} He wrote the album while staying in England during 2020, using a music making smartphone app called Endlesss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/kevin-drew-tells-us-about-the-influences-behind-his-new-album-influences/|title = Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew discusses the influences behind his new album 'Influences'| date=July 16, 2021 }} The album was recorded and mixed on Drew's return to Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2021/08/09/features/mxdwn-interview-kevin-drew-on-the-making-of-his-new-instrumental-solo-album-influences/|title = MXDWN Interview: Kevin Drew on the Making of His New Instrumental Solo Album Influences -|date = August 9, 2021}}