Jeff Cancade, known by the stage name Devours, is a queer Canadian underground electronic musician and record producer based out of Vancouver. They also release ambient music using the project name The Golden Age Of Wrestling.
Devours has released 5 full-length albums including the 2024 Polaris Music Prize longlisted album Homecoming Queen. The Golden Age Of Wrestling has released 4 full length albums, including 2024's Scorpion Deadlock which was released by 604 Records' ambient imprint label INTRASET.
Cancade is the owner of the independent record label surviving the game which releases music for both of Cancade's music projects Devours and The Golden Age Of Wrestling.
Career Originally from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Cancade launched the music project Devours after moving to Vancouver, British Columbia and coming out as gay.
Devours released debut mixtape Dignity in 2013, before following up with the full-length mixtape 21st & Main in 2014. then released first official EP Avalon in 2015, and debut full-length album Late Bloomer on April 15, 2016, via the independent label Locksley Tapes.
In 2018, Devours signed to Artoffact Records, releasing second album Iconoclast on that label in March 2019. 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.
Devours 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.
In November 2019, Cancade released the debut single for The Golden Age Of Wrestling. The project's debut album "Tombstone Piledriver" launched in May 2020. The 'glambient' solo project features Cancade with a macho alter ego persona.
In 2021, Cancade launched surviving the game, an independent record label for their music projects, announced before the release of Devours' 3rd full length album Escape from Planet Devours.
Outside of Devours and The Golden Age Of Wrestling, Cancade has also composed music for television and film. Devours' 2023 album Homecoming Queen was a longlisted nominee for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize.
Beginning in 2025 with the release of Sports Car Era, Devours has been accompanied on drums by former Japandroids drummer David Prowse during some live shows. Personal life Cancade is genderqueer, and is comfortable with all pronouns.
Discography Released as "Devours" Dignity (2013) 21st & Main (2014) Avalon (2015) Late Bloomer (2016) Iconoclast (2019) Escape from Planet Devours (2021) Homecoming Queen (2023) Sports Car Era (2025)
Released as "The Golden Age Of Wrestling" Tombstone Piledriver (2020) Crossface Chicken Wing (2022) Scorpion Deathlock (2024) Sweet Chin Music (2026)
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The Golden Age Of Wrestling on Bandcamp The Golden Age Of Wrestling on Instagram surviving the game on Instagram