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| Todd Fancey | |
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.jpg) At the Slow Food Rocks Festival held in San Francisco, California in August 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Todd George Fancey |
| Born | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, power pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass, vocals |
Todd George Fancey is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, and solo artist. He is most widely known as the guitarist for Vancouver-based indie rock band The New Pornographers and the bassist for the band Limblifter. Fancey is originally from Nova Scotia.
Early life
Fancey was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Solo career
Fancey released his first solo album, Fancey on March Records in 2004. His second solo album, Schmancey, was released November 13, 2007 on What Are Records?. Fancey released his third solo album Love Mirage on January 27, 2017. His fourth album release is "County Fair" a collection of cover songs on January 26 ,2018 . His third and fourth albums were self released on Stoner Disco Records.
Television
In 2008, Fancey participated off screen in an episode of The Office entitled "Dinner Party". He portrayed Hunter (usually portrayed by Nicholas D'Agosto), Jan's administrative assistant who may have lost his virginity to her and wrote a song about it, although the storyline never revealed any evidence of such. The song, called 'That One Night," was co-written by Fancey, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award.
In April 2018 Todd was interviewed by Rolling Stone's Andy Greene Article about The Office Dinner Party episode. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/the-office-john-krasinski-ed-helms-jenna-fischer-oral-history-dinner-party-episode-w518726
In late 2010, NBC hired Todd to write a song that was featured on NBC's Prime Time Special. Fancey was also hired to create music for Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica TV show prequel.
Discography
Solo aka "Fancey"
- Fancey – 2004
- Schmancey – 2007
- Love Mirage – 2017
- County Fair - 2018
With The New Pornographers
- Electric Version – 2003
- Twin Cinema – 2005
- Challengers – 2007
- Together – 2010
- Brill Bruisers – 2014
- Whiteout Conditions – 2017
References
- Sendra, Tim. "Fancey". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- "About Fancey". Sonicbids.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- Timothy Monger (2017-01-27). "Love Mirage - Fancey | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- "Fancey | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
External links
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