Teen-Beat. Bossanova.

Singer and songwriter Chris Storrow started Bossanova in his hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1997. He mixes the sounds of 1970s disco with soul and psychedelic rock and roll with superlative results.

Various friends and musicians have played with Chris over the years, but Mr. Storrow remains the constant. The songwriter and singer. The frontman.

Bossanova's song "Blue Bossanova," released in 2006 on the Hey, Sugar album, became a sleeper hit song on online streaming and download sites in 2011.

RELATED ARTISTS

BLACK MOUNTAIN

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS

BOSSANOVA Blue Bossanova / Rare Brazil single

UNREST Teen-Beat 26th Anniversary Performances

BOSSANOVA, band, Chris Storrow, Sean Mrazek, Elaine Fung

Elaine Fung, Sean Mrazek, Chris Storrow [L to R]
Live at Teen-Beat 453
Photo by [unknown]

Chris Storrow
Photo by Rob Madden

Chris Storrow
Photo by Sonia La Ronde

LINE-UPS

1995

Jason Baldock,
Chris Storrow

1997-1998

Michael Boegh,
Heather Campbell,
Tony Koelwyn,
Chris Storrow,
Brian Wieser

1998-2000

Michael Boegh,
Heather Campbell,
Tony Koelwyn,
Chris Storrow,
Greg Macdonald

2001

Corrin Culbertson,
Tim Lutz,
Chris Storrow,
Greg Macdonald

2003

Michael Boegh,
Elaine Fung,
Chris Storrow,
Greg Macdonald,
Shawn Mrazek

2006 (VANCOUVER)

Michael Boegh,
Megan Bradfield,
Chris-a-riffic,
Kurt Dahle,
Chris Storrow

2006 (MONTREAL)

Megan Bradfield,
Olga Goreas,
Mark Robinson,
Chris Storrow,
Spencer Warren

2006 (NEW YORK)

Megan Bradfield,
Mark Robinson,
Chris Storrow,
Spencer Warren,
Shane Watt,
Brian Wieser

2010

Elaine Fung,
Shawn Mrazek,
Chris Storrow

BIOGRAPHY

(WRITTEN FOR THE HEY, SUGAR ALBUM)

Bossanova isn't faking it -- they really are from Canada, They're from Vancouver, to be exact, a land of ocean, mountains, and home to two of the bands mentioned at the bottom of this page. In fact, members of Black Mountain and the New Pornographers are responsible for the drums on the debut Bossanova disc, Hey, Sugar.

But don't let the star turns throw you off -- this is perfectionist tinkerer Chris Storrow's odyssey. Over seven years in the making, Hey, Sugar is Chris's vision of a perfect cocktail party, a free-for-all where Brian Wilson gossips with Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes mixes a Zombie for Stevie Wonder, and members of Stereolab and New Order play DJ. Like all great pop records, Hey, Sugar's heart lies not in any one era but in several all at once, tuning into all the sounds radio has unashamedly used to seduce untold numbers of lovestruck boys and girls since the British Invasion. You know the wavelength Chris is on immediately -- it's in the way opener "In the Immortal Words of You" builds from swooning whisper to earth-shaking anthem, in the shiver-inducing falsetto chorus of "I'll Leave of My Heart," and in the space-age tropicalia of "Rare Brazil." In the end it doesn't matter what country Bossanova is from, because Hey, Sugar hits the universal sweet spot every time.

INFLUENCES:
Brian Eno, My Bloody Valentine, Chic, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, the Associates, George Macrae.

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

Split with Tonebursts
Blue Bossanova / Rare Brazil

ALBUMS

Bossanova [1][cassette]
Bossanova [2][CD]
Hey Sugar

COMPILATIONS

1999 Teenbeat Sampler
Good Jacket Presents: Vancouver Special
Amateurs on Plastic
ShoopDeDoop
2003 Teenbeat Sampler
2004 Teenbeat Sampler
Teen-Beat No.1 Record Label
2010 Teen-Beat / Other Music Sampler

ALSO

Teen-Beat Future Fever Series
Teen-Beat 20th Anniversary Celebrations
Pocket Catalog Set of Four
Bossanova Pocket Catalog Postcard
Teen-Beat Graphica Exhibition
Teen-Beat 26th Anniversary Performances

SONGS

All The Tired Horses
Ally Statton Starts...
Arrondissements
Billy Van Returns to Collingwood
Blue Bossanova
Blue Bossanova (12" Version)
Calvary
Closet Sounds
Come Down Easy
Cove
Dead Racketeers
Echo Is My Name
French Accent
The Gin Game
Gone Blond
Hollyburn
Hollyburn, part two
I'll Leave of My Heart
In the Immortal Words of You
It Felt Like a Weight
It's an Apparition
Living Room
Love Hangover
Lullaby
Masters of Karate
My First Luau
My Ligeia
Mysterious Female Bass Player
Now I Need You
The Ocean's Door
Rare Brazil
Rare Brazil (12" Version)
Sangria
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Sensous X
Slip Down Easy
The Tongue of the Asp
29 Distinct Damnations
White Hot Chocolate

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