Danielle McTaggart with Dear Rouge at the Imperial Theatre, Vancouver, Sept 15 2017. Jessica Vandergulik photo.

Photos – Dear Rouge at the Imperial Theatre, Vancouver, Sept 15 2017

– photos by Jessica Vandergulik

Dear Rouge at the Imperial Theatre, Vancouver, on Friday night. Vancouver bands Little Destroyer and Seaborne (featuring electronic music duo Maryse Bernard and Solomon Krause-Imlach) opened.

Husband-and-wife team Drew and Danielle McTaggart formed the band in 2012. They then released a series of EPs, including Heads Up Watch Out and Kids Wanna Know. In 2012 the duo won the Peak Performance Project, the largest artist development project in Canada.

Photos–Dear Rouge at Sound of Music Festival, Burlington Ontario June 2015

Dear Rouge released their debut full-length Black to Gold in 2015. 

Producer/Engineer Ryan Worsley and Drew produced the majority of the album. Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother) and Gavin Brown (Metric, Hey Ocean!) also produced. Tracks include “Colours”, “Best Look Lately” and “I Heard I Had”. The latter climbed the Canadian alternative and rock charts to the Top 5.

A second album is expected in early 2018. 

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