The Secret Beach is a Canadian indie folk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, whose core member is singer-songwriter Micah Erenberg.Alan Small, "Micah Erenberg keeps his secrets but shares new songs". Winnipeg Free Press, August 17, 2022. They are most noted as Juno Award nominees for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025, for their album We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse?.Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2025 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 11, 2025.
Originally from the small town of Matlock, Manitoba, Erenberg began his career as a solo artist with the 2016 album Poor Mic's Toe.Maddy Cristall, "Micah Erenberg: Poor Mic's Toe". The Uniter, October 27, 2016. The album was led by "Morphine", a song that spun his real-life experience losing part of his left big toe in a lawnmower accident at age 12 into a darkly comedic account of a fictionalized descent into hardcore drug and alcohol addiction.Ezra Black, "Nine-toed Micah Erenberg to play at The Northern". 100 Mile House Free Press, May 26, 2017. He followed up with several further solo albums before releasing Songs From the Secret Beach, his first album under the band moniker, in 2022.Alex Braun, "The Secret Beach — a place, a band, a song, a vibe". The Manitoban, August 23, 2022.
We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? followed in 2024.Ben Okazawa, "The Secret Beach Announces Sophomore Album 'We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse?'". Exclaim!, February 22, 2024.
Discography
Micah Erenberg Poor Mic's Toe - 2016 Love Is Gonna Find You - 2019 HBD Michael Toronto - 2020 Art Week (the album) - 2020 For the Ones Who Love Me Now - 2021 Frozen in Time - 2021
The Secret Beach Songs from the Secret Beach - 2022 We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? - 2024
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