Forest City Lovers

Forest City Lovers was a Toronto based band revolving around songs written by Kat Burns. Starting out in the in the mid 2000s Toronto music scene alongside contemporaries such as <a href="spotify:artist:6p79NCISfn1aff7ye0FQQI" data-name="Ohbijou">Ohbijou</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:42ss0pOkCWjV7Q7NMTjGHU" data-name="Evening Hymns">Evening Hymns</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:77Rj6PHmQJFb8nbSH62y68" data-name="Owen Pallett">Owen Pallett</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7qOYBxlPvLSydCahOqDej4" data-name="The Wooden Sky">The Wooden Sky</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4c8kfEGVYPmMAijqIm6L2Y" data-name="Gentleman Reg">Gentleman Reg</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6ZZr3yk4Bz6P8soM8QKHAL" data-name="The D&#39;Urbervilles">The D&#39;Urbervilles</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3wyfo3svXNWnszGAEVey11" data-name="Tokyo Police Club">Tokyo Police Club</a> - they gained critical acclaim touring across Canada, the USA and Europe, enchanting intimate audiences. Members of the touring band over the years included Kyle Donnelly, Mika Posen (<a href="spotify:artist:4tK9inuGlzgeSLJKLGtIn1" data-name="Merganzer">Merganzer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7HeVXdOdMhLslVputGTZFQ" data-name="Timber Timbre">Timber Timbre</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:5ogab2Tu9UMZTumiZbl315" data-name="Kelly McMichael">Kelly McMichael</a> , Tim Bruton (<a href="spotify:artist:6ZZr3yk4Bz6P8soM8QKHAL" data-name="The D&#39;Urbervilles">The D&#39;Urbervilles</a>), Claire Whitehead (<a href="spotify:artist:18WTWYHbR0pfr1MGbtQPOu" data-name="carew">carew</a>), Eric Woolston (<a href="spotify:artist:4UTIVVWV7qyGxQWaUQmqWb" data-name="The Human Rights">The Human Rights</a>), Christian Ingelevics, James Bunton (<a href="spotify:artist:6p79NCISfn1aff7ye0FQQI" data-name="Ohbijou">Ohbijou</a>) and Andrew Kinoshita. Burns retired the band in 2012 and started <a href="spotify:artist:1h2bjXO5VYr7KhjdP5xdj1" data-name="KASHKA">KASHKA</a> in 2013 with an experimental pop collection.

Fans of <a href="spotify:artist:6fxk3UXHTFYET8qCT9WlBF" data-name="Kevin Morby">Kevin Morby</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj" data-name="Feist">Feist</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6mKqFxGMS5TGDZI3XkT5Rt" data-name="Angel Olsen">Angel Olsen</a> will appreciate the melodies and lyrical prowess across the Forest City Lovers and KASHKA catalogues.