Final Fantasy November 5, 2009

Owen Pallett is a violinist and singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and winner of the inaugural Polaris Music Prize.

Pallett is the principal member of the band Final Fantasy, which is essentially a solo project, although Leon Taheny is also credited as drummer and engineer. The name Final Fantasy is a tribute to the well-known video game series, of which Pallett is a fan.

For his live performances, Pallett plays the violin into a sampler controlled by foot pedals, which then loops back one or more of the previously played musical phrases as he plays additional parts simultaneously.

Pallett has performed on tour with Arcade Fire. He wrote orchestral and string arrangements on Funeral and Neon Bible.

Final Fantasy opens for The Mountain Goats on this evening.