Birthday Squirrel with special guests Maps of the Night Sky

Toronto-based indie-rock quintet Birthday Squirrel teams up with recently reanimated early-2000s indie-pop trio Maps of the Night Sky for a memorable evening of good times, great friends and well-above-average original songs from past releases and forthcoming recording projects.Birthday Squirrel bio:Birthed as the solo songwriting project of guitarist/vocalist Michael Frolick, Birthday Squirrel has, over the past year, ripened into a busy, contemporary indie-rock concern featuring bassist Jonathan Knowles, drummer Charles Molgat, guitarist Tom Nesbitt and multi-instrumentalist Yawd Sylvester. The quintet performs music from the late-2025 album, Higher Warmer, as well as an ever-increasing inventory of new songs, several of which are earmarked for a forthcoming EP. Additionally, Birthday Squirrel's live sets have, on occasion, been punctuated by a soupcon of covers by the likes of the Velvets, Cars, Cure and Beatles, hinting at the stylistic dynamics of the band's original catalogue.
InstagramBandcampMaps of the Night Sky bio:Toronto’s Maps of the Night Sky began their journey with 2004’s Twilighters EP. Lyrical and sparse, these five songs received glowing reviews and saw the band tour Ontario, the Prairies and the West Coast. Their self-titled full length followed in 2006. Recorded at Toronto’s legendary Chemical Sound, the album features the single 'We Were Young' which spent many weeks on CBC's R3-30 charts. After a lengthy hiatus, Maps of the Night Sky returns with a new full-length record to be released December, 2026. The band features principal songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Ray Cammaert, drummer Dean Bentley and bassist Wes Gerbrandt.
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