Mobile is a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal made up of Mat Joly (vocals), Christian Brais (guitar), Pierre-Marc Hamelin (drums), Dominic Viola (bass) and Frank Williamson (guitar). Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went on to win the award for "New Group of the Year". Hamelin left the band and is replaced by Martin Lavallée.

History

Formation and early history (2000-2005)

In 2000, Dominic Viola joined Moonraker, a rock band from Montreal started in 1997 by Brais, Hamelin, Joly and Williamson. After some initial success, including winning the CHOM L'Esprit in 2001, the band moved to Toronto in 2003. In 2005, the band signed with Universal Music Group Canada and Interscope and changed their name to Mobile.

Tomorrow Starts Today (2006-2007)

On April 18, 2006 Mobile released their debut album Tomorrow Starts Today through Universal Music Group Canada. The music video for the second single, "Out of My Head", was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award for Best Post Production.

Music from Tomorrow Starts Today has been featured in various media such as TV shows and video games. "Montreal Calling" and "New York Minute" were on the soundtracks for NHL 07 and FIFA 07 respectively. The album's title track, "Tomorrow Starts Today", was also featured in the Canadian bilingual film, Bon Cop, Bad Cop, and "New York Minute" has been featured in an episode of One Tree Hill.

Mobile won the 2007 Juno Award for New Group of the Year. Tomorrow Starts Today was also nominated for a 2007 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year.

On August 21 2007 the album was released in the United States through the The Militia Group.[4]

Tales From The City (2007-present)

The band entered the studio with producer Jeff Saltzman in December 2007 to begin recording their second studio album, Tales from the City, which was released October 7 2008 . Mobile released the first single from this new album, "The Killer", on July 1 2008.

In 2007 Mat Joly recorded "My Life Without Me" as a guest vocalist on Neverending White Light's second album, Act 2: The Blood and the Life Eternal.

Drummer Pierre Marc-Hamelin left the band to pursue law. After a few weeks of searching for a new drummer, the band found Martin Lavallée who has joined the band for the upcoming Sound of Fiction tour.