The Wilderness

The Wilderness

The Wilderness is a Canadian indie group from Kingston, Ontario. It is a six-piece band that brings together musicians from different backgrounds and combines guitar, saxophone, synth and vocal harmonies. Its music sits across indie, folk rock, punk, rock, noise and related heavier styles, with a sound that is described as both precise and forceful.

Style and themes

The group’s music uses a blend of instruments unusual for a standard rock line-up, including saxophone and synth alongside guitars. The result is a layered sound built around group vocals and a sense of shared momentum.

Other artists with the same name

Several other acts also use the name The Wilderness, including a DIY hardcore punk band from Trnava in Slovakia, a post-rock/post-metal band from Salt Lake City that was previously called The Meadows, and a solo project by John Johnson, formerly the singer for Vroom, who releases one album under that name in 2005.