Devours is the stage name of Jeff Cancade, a Canadian electronic musician.[1]
Originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Cancade launched the project after moving to Vancouver, British Columbia and coming out as gay.[2]
Cancade released their debut mixtape Dignity in 2013,[3] before following up with the full-length mixtape 21st & Main in 2014.[4] They then released their first official EP Avalon in 2015, and debut full-length album Late Bloomer on April 15, 2016, via the independent label Locksley Tapes.[5]
In 2018, Cancade signed to Artoffact Records,[6] releasing their second album Iconoclast on that label in March 2019.[7] The album was preceded by the advance single "Curmudgeon", and supported with a regional tour of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.[8]
Cancade's music has been described as "a pseudo-goth, synth-heavy electronic project that occupies a uniquely experimental, queer niche in Vancouver" by The Globe and Mail.[1]
Outside of Devours, Cancade has also composed music for television and film.[4] Their 2023 album Homecoming Queen was a longlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.[9]
Cancade is genderqueer, and uses they/them pronouns.[10]
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