Vocalist and lead guitarist Josée Caron and vocalist and rhythm guitarist Lucy Niles, two
lesbians who met as students at
Mount Allison University, played together in the bands Mouthbreathers, Yellowteeth, and Go Get Fucked. In 2014, the pair formed Partner in Sackville with guitarist Daniel Legere, bassist Kevin Brasier and drummer Brendan Allison. In 2016, they released the cassette
Healthy Release, a collection of their early singles, on
You've Changed Records. In 2016, Partner toured as a power-pop group, performing in various venues, including at the Silver Dollar in Toronto as part of Canada Music Week. Partner moved to
Windsor, Ontario in 2016 before releasing their full-length debut album
In Search of Lost Time in 2017. The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart for four months, beginning in October that year, was a shortlisted finalist for the
2018 Polaris Music Prize, and was nominated for an
East Coast Music Award. They released the EP
Saturday the 14th in 2019. "Play the Field" was subsequently used as the theme song for the comedy web series
Slo Pitch, which premiered in 2020. Their second full-length album,
Never Give Up, was released in November 2020. ==References==