The Belle Game, aka Belle Game, was an indie pop band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia and active from 2009 to 2020. Its members were Adam Nanji (guitar), Andrea Lo (lead vocals), and Katrina Jones (keyboards, vocals). Drummer Rob Chursinoff left in 2014; drummer and guitarist Alex Andrew left in 2018. For a short time, bassist Ian Cook and trumpeter Andrew Lee were also part of the band. The name is a play on the literal translation, from German, of Glockenspiel. History In the summer of 2009, Andrea Lo, Alex Andrew and Adam Nanji got together to play a single performance at Vancouver's Railway Club. Lo and Nanji had grown up together and played as a duo before; Nanji and Andrew were at McGill University together. As a trio, they saw their potential as a team, added Cook, Lee and former Tegan and Sara drummer Rob Chursinoff and started writing. Their EP The Inventing Letters, was released in late 2009. The EP was well-received. It got regular airplay on CBC radio, the song "Tiny Fires" was chosen as Song of the Day by The Province newspaper, and won the Fan Favorite award on CHLG-FM/Shore 104.3FM's Summer Search. The video for "Shoulders & Turns" earned them a feature spot on MuchMusic’s The Wedge. In July 2011, they were part of Summer Live, the festival celebrating Vancouver's 125th birthday. In 2011, they released their second EP, Sleep to Grow, which was co-produced by David Carswell. and placed in the top-20 for the funding program, the Peak Performance Project. They opened for Gotye, Karkwa and Said the Whale, played the Squamish Valley Music Festival and, in 2011 and 2012, played the Rifflandia Music Festival and were selected to travel across Canada with Tracks on Tracks, a recording project of Green Couch Sessions, CBC Radio and Via Rail. Ritual Tradition Habit (2013-2014) The band continued writing and produced a complete album's worth of material; on the advice of Carswell, it was scrapped. They started again, "tried harder", released a 7" vinyl record of the single "Wait Up for You", and, in April 2013, released their debut album Ritual Tradition Habit. Ritual Tradition Habit earned many positive reviews, with Pitchfork giving it a rating of 7.2. “Wait Up For You” was put into rotation on the Vancouver station the Peak 102.7 FM as well as other radio stations across the country. Pitchfork posted "River" as