The Hardship Post
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The band originally consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Lippa, bassist Mike Kean and drummer Matt Clarke.[2] Initially signed to Murderecords,[3] they released the EPs Mood Ring and Hack in 1993, and undertook their first cross-Canada tour to support the recordings.[4] Mike Pick would replace Kean on bass in mid-1993.
In late 1994, they signed to Sub Pop,[5] which released their full-length album Somebody Spoke in 1995.[6] Around that time Clarke left the band, and was replaced by Alyson MacLeod of Jale.[7] This formation of the band would be known as "The New Hardship Post", which released one single on Squirtgun Records, in 1996.[8] This iteration of the band provided a track on the various artists compilation Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs For A River; the compilation was also released in 1996.[9]
Hardship Post won as Best Alternative Band at the 1994 East Coast Music Awards,[10] and were nominated for the same award in 1996.[11] At the Juno Awards of 1996, Somebody Spoke was a nominee for Best Alternative Album.[12]
Prior to the groups dissolution in 1997, the band recorded a second album for Sub Pop in 1996. It was recorded on 4-track in their rehearsal space. At that time, they had changed their name to The New Hardship Post; the lineup consisted of Sebastian Lippa, Alyson MacLeod, and Mike Pick. This album has never been released, or leaked.[13]
The band broke up in 1997.[14]
Discography
Singles
- 1992: Sugarcane/Canopy (7" single)
- 1993: Mood Ring (EP)
- 1993: Hack (EP)
- 1994: Why Don't You and I Smooth Things Over (7" single)
- 1994: Won't You Come Home? (Flexi-disc single)
- 1994: Rock Is My Life (split 7" single w/ Randy Bachman)
- 1994: Slick Talking Jack/If I... (7" single)
- 1995: Watching You/Your Sunshine (7" single)
- 1996: No Time/Turn It Up (7" single) [as "The New Hardship Post"]
Studio albums
- 1995: Somebody Spoke
Compilations
- 2025: Hardship Post: 1992-1994 (2xLP, archival collection)[15]
References
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- ↑ "Hardship Post delivers lean sound". Ottawa Citizen, June 8, 1995.
- ↑ "Grungy Newfoundland trio poised to steal Christmas". Toronto Star, December 16, 1993.
- ↑ "Sloan tucks Thrush Hermit under wing". Ottawa Citizen, September 2, 1993.
- ↑ "The Rock is a hard place for bands like Hardship Post; But young rockers still call Newfoundland home". Montreal Gazette, August 12, 1993.
- ↑ "Halifax new hothouse for hip bands". Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1993.
- ↑ "The Hardship begins: The Newfoundland trio in The Hardship Post have finished thinking about their future. Now, they're living it." Halifax Daily News, June 11, 1995.
- ↑ "Crime seems to pay -- at least when it comes to copyrights". Halifax Daily News, August 18, 1995.
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- ↑ "Rankins dominate awards". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1994.
- ↑ "Nominees for the East Coast Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1996.
- ↑ "Cheers and jeers for Juno nominees". Edmonton Journal, February 1, 1996.
- ↑ Sebastian Lippa interview; Let It All Fall, p.242, Mike Heffernan, 2023
- ↑ "Lippa abandons rock with `cathartic' show". Halifax Daily News, July 31, 1997.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/sloandude/p/DKM36ITtvCW/
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