Tiles

Launched with words of encouragement from Gene Simmons of KISS “I was totally blown away, amazing...,” Tiles self-released their eponymous debut album Tiles in 1994. Acclaim quickly spread and led to international licensing agreements in 1995. Polydor released the album on their Dream Circle label where it earned excellent reviews.

The band returned in 1997 with Fence The Clear, an album which found the band embracing their progressive rock heritage and experimenting with long-form song structures, bits of jazz and a heavier sound. It also marked the beginning of a long partnership with noted Rush producer Terry Brown.

Tiles returned in 1999 with Presents of Mind, once again mixed by Terry Brown and featuring artwork by award-winning artist Hugh Syme. Lauded by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull "Tiles are undoubtedly one of the brighter hopes for the musical millennium!” and Prog ambassador Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater “I love this CD. The whole disc is full of great musicianship and great songwriting with catchy hooks". The band would go on tour with Dream Theater in November 1999.

Window Dressing materialized in 2004. This time Terry Brown helmed the entire project – producing, engineering and mixing and elaborate and intriguing artwork by Hugh Syme. Fly Paper was released in 2008 with Terry Brown’s spacious production, Hugh Syme’s artistry, and an impressive roster of special guests including Alex Lifeson of Rush, Alannah Myles, Kim Mitchell and Hugh Syme. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull hailed the album as “Tiles’ best CD yet!”

Following a pair of live recordings, Tiles returned in 2016 with their latest release, Pretending 2 Run. It comes with lyrical string arrangements, haunting choir performances, ambient textures and lush vocals co-exist with thundering drums, weaving bass lines and an army of guitars to create a vivid experience that delivers the story’s raw emotional journey from isolation to redemption.