His next album, “Words I Said”, increased his fan base. By the time he released “Good News” in 2012, he was poised to take the Canadian music scene by storm. He signed with independent music label, Blackbox Recordings, and released his first studio album, “The Closers”, in 2012. He was nominated for a Much Music Award and a Juno Award in 2013, and another Juno Award in 2014.