Crown Lands is a Canadian rock music duo from Oshawa, Ontario.
The band consists of vocalist and drummer Cody Bowles, and guitarist,
bassist and keyboardist Kevin Comeau.Bowles is Mik'maq and Two-Spirit,
while Comeau is Jewish. With prog-rock influences, the duo compose
music and lyrics inspired by Indigenous resistance to colonialism.
They have stated that their name, "Crown Lands", communicates a desire
to disrupt the concept of Canadian "crown land", or government-held lands
stolen from First Nations.
Crown Lands won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year
at the Juno Awards of 2021.The band were also nominated for
Rock Album of the Year.