About Torquil Campbell
Torquil Campbell (born March 17, 1972) is the co-lead singer and a songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica, trumpet, synthesizer, and tambourine. Campbell is also an actor and playwright, most recently co-creating and starring in the play True Crime, produced by Crow's Theatre in Toronto. He is a co-host of Soft Revolution, a podcast about the intersection of art, culture, and politics, along with Toronto-based actor Ali Momen. Previously, Campbell was the co-host of The Basement Revue Podcast, along with musician Jason Collett and poet Damian Rogers, as well as a regular contributor to the CBC radio program Q. == Music career == Campbell is the cofounder of the indie rock band Stars, formed in 2000. He is also one half of the musical duo Memphis, who have released four albums to date: I Dreamed We Fell Apart (2004), A Little Place in the Wilderness (2006), Here Comes a City (2011), and Leave with Me (2019). This album was financed through a crowdfunding campaign. In addition to his involvement in these projects, Campbell occasionally records and performs with Broken Social Scene, a Canadian indie rock musical collective. In 2008, Campbell launched the solo project Dead Child Star, whose debut album, titled Cold Hands, Warm Heart, came out in January 2011. In 2024, he composed music for the drama film We Forgot to Break Up.
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