Bleeker are a band built on impact. Since emerging from Orillia, Ontario, the four piece of vocalist Taylor Perkins, guitarist Cole Perkins, bassist Mike Van Dyk, and drummer Chris Dimas have carved out a reputation for explosive live shows, massive hooks, and songs that hit with equal parts swagger and sincerity. Fierce, anthemic, and impossible to ignore, the band has amassed more than 57 million global streams while steadily building an international audience drawn to their urgency, grit, and undeniable chemistry.
That same energy drives ELEPHANT the band’s new album arriving September 4. Loud, heavy, and unapologetically present, the record moves like its namesake, pushing through noise, chaos, desire, and truth with unstoppable force. Built on thick riffs, hard edges, and the feeling of living fully even when it leaves bruises behind, ELEPHANT does not politely ask for attention, it takes it.
But beneath the weight and bravado is something more human. Like the creature it is named after, ELEPHANT carries emotion just as heavily as power. Across the record, moments of vulnerability emerge through the cracks, longing, doubt, reflection, and the tension between strength and softness. It is an album about confronting what is directly in front of you, whether that is heartbreak, self destruction, desire, or survival, and finding the courage to move through it anyway.
Bleeker first broke through with their 2016 debut Erase You, powered by the breakout single “Highway,” which topped Canadian rock radio, cracked the U.S. Top 10, and earned international airplay across Europe. The song led to a JUNO Award nomination and recognition at the Radio Music Awards, establishing the band as one of Canada’s most promising modern rock exports.
Momentum only intensified with the 2024 release Messed Up, which spawned the Canadian Top 20 rock singles “Make It Better” and “Let’s Go.” The latter became a breakout sports anthem, featured throughout the 2024 and 2025 NHL Playoffs, licensed by EA Sports for NHL 25, and used in UEFA European Championship broadcasts, including England’s team montage. The track has since been adopted as an official hype song by NHL franchises including the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars, while earning major editorial playlist support across Spotify in the U.S., Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Austria, and Ireland.
In 2025, Bleeker signed an exclusive global publishing deal with Downtown Music Publishing and released the EP Fuck You I’m Leaving, featuring the rock radio single “Hey Man,” which reached #12 on Canada’s National Rock Chart. The EP’s title track quickly became a live staple, a cathartic, full room singalong that further cemented the band’s growing connection with audiences.
A relentless touring force, Bleeker have shared stages with The Struts, Papa Roach, Airbourne, Dinosaur Pile Up, and Sublime with Rome, bringing their high voltage performances across North America and Europe. Now entering the ELEPHANT era, Bleeker sound bigger, bolder, and more fearless than ever, a band embracing both the weight they carry and the force they have become.
