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= Peter Sagar (Homeshake) =

Peter Sagar (born March 15, 1990) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and producer born in Edmonton, Alberta. Sagar has released four studio albums under his solo act HOMESHAKE. He is also known as being a part of Mac Demarco's touring band, which he joined in 2012, but has since left.

Personal Life
Peter Sagar was born in Edmonton Alberta but later moved to Montreal, Quebec.

Sagar is a homebody and tends to keep to himself rather than go out. He prefers to be a recording musician rather than a touring one.

Sagar is in a relationship with an artist named Salina who created a lot of his album artwork. He also states that he and Mac Demarco, his former touring partner, are great friends, and have been since high school.

He sites J Dilla as his biggest influence as a producer. Other musical influences include Prince, D'Angelo, and Curtis Mayfield.

Homeshake
Homeshake (stylized as HOMESHAKE) is the solo musical project of Peter Sagar.

Featuring contributions from Mark Goetz, Greg Napier, and Brad Loughead, the project started in 2012. Fixture Records released his debut cassette, The Homeshake Tape, in January 2013 with a second, titled Dynamic Meditation released in October 2013. He is now signed to Sinderlyn which he has released four studio albums and one remix album under: his debut full-length album, In the Shower (2014), his second album, Midnight Snack (2015). His third album under the project, Fresh Air was released in 2017. His fourth album, Helium was released in 2019, along with Helium Remixes. He has also released one EP independently on Bandcamp: Haircut (2020), all proceeds from this EP, will be donated to rotating charities.

His musical style is described as R&B inspired indie pop.

Mac Demarco
Peter Sagar's first success came when he was a part of indie rocker Mac Demarco's backing band, which he played with from 2012-2014. He played guitar, keyboards and sang backing vocals. In 2014, he left Mac Demarco to pursue Homeshake full time.

Walter TV
Peter Sagar used to play bass guitar with Walter TV, a Canadian indie rock band. Mac Demarco is also a past member of Walter TV, along with several of his touring band members.

Studio Albums

 * In the Shower (2014)
 * Midnight Snack (2015)
 * Fresh Air (2017)
 * Helium (2019)

Remix Albums

 * Helium Remixes (2019)

EPs

 * Haircut (2020)

Singles

 * "Making a Fool of You" (2014)
 * "Cash Is Money" (2014)
 * "I Don't Play" (2015)
 * "Heat" (2015)
 * "Faded" (2015)
 * "Give It to Me" (2015)
 * ";(" (2016)
 * "Call Me Up" (2016)
 * "Every Single Thing" (2017)
 * "khmlwugh" (2017)
 * "Like Mariah" (2018)
 * "Nothing Could Be Better" (2018)
 * "Just Like My" (2019)
 * "Another Thing" (2019)

Cassettes and mixtapes

 * The Homeshake Tape (2013)
 * Dynamic Meditation (2013)