The Franklin Electric are a Canadianindie folk collective formed by singer-songwriter Jon Matte from Montreal, Quebec,[1] most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.[2] The band's core member is singer and guitarist Jon Matte, with a rotating line up of supporting musicians that currently includes Paul Lucyk on bass and keyboard, Pete Pételle on drums and James Clayton on guitar.[3]
The Franklin Electric's debut album, This Is How I Let You Down, was self-released in 2013 before being reissued in 2014 by Indica Records.[1][4] The album was supported with a cross-Canada tour, as well as several dates as an opening act for other bands in Europe.[5] The band created an animated video for the song "The Strongest Man Alive".[6]
The group released a second album, Blue Ceilings in February 2017;[7] the songs are an eclectic mix of folk, pop, and electronic indie pop. [8] They toured in Canada and Australia in support of the album,[3] and then went on to perform in Germany in April.[9]
^ ab"This is how they find the spotlight; The Franklin Electric's debut receives the re-release it deserves, exposing the band's refined folk-pop to a wider audience". Montreal Gazette, May 6, 2014.
^"Phase two begins; The Franklin Electric winds up banner year with pair of shows before taking break to write new songs for sophomore album". Montreal Gazette, December 2, 2014.
