Poorfolk is a solo mission undertaken by Jonathan Pearce, former singer/guitarist with defunct party-math rockers the Marato.

When that band broke up in 2001, Pearce left for a teaching job in South Korea. There, in a self-imposed acoustic exile, he worked up a batch of songs leaning away from electric guitar workouts and toward spiraling, spectral indie-folk.

Back in Montreal he enlisted Dave Maurakis (Animal town) and developed the arrangements further, adding drums, electric guitars and keyboards. The result is chiming, droning folk-anchored at all times by Pearce’s insistent acoustic chords. The current line-up includes Scott Freeman (ex-the Marato) on bass, Dave Clark on guitar, and Matt Godin on drums.

The record was brought to life in Ottawa's legendary Little Bullhorn Studios by Jarrett Bartlett with the help of Dave Draves and mastered by Harris Newman in Montreal.

Poorfolk has had quite a run since then with tours and showcases that found them at NMW, Pop Montreal, and Montreal’s Fringe Pop. They have since relocated to Ottawa where they are working on their highly-anticipated sophomore release.