The Hardship Post
The Hardship Post | |
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| Also known as | The New Hardship Post[1] |
| Origin | St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, Grunge |
| Years active | 1992 – 1997 |
| Labels | Sub Pop Murderecords Cinnamon Toast Records Mag Wheel Records |
| Past members | Sebastian Lippa Mike Pick Matt Clarke Alyson MacLeod Mike Kean |
The Hardship Post was a Canadian alternative rock band, that formed in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1992 and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Halifax Pop Explosion of the early 1990s.[2]
The band originally consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Lippa, bassist Mike Kean and drummer Matt Clarke.[3] Initially signed to Murderecords,[4] they released the EPs Mood Ring and Hack in 1993, and undertook their first cross-Canada tour to support the recordings.[5] Mike Pick would replace Kean on bass in mid-1993.
In late 1994, they signed to Sub Pop,[6] which released their full-length album Somebody Spoke in 1995.[7] Around that time Clarke left the band, and was replaced by Alyson MacLeod of Jale.[8] This formation of the band would be known as "The New Hardship Post", which released one single on Squirtgun Records, in 1996.[9], as well as one track on the various artists compilation Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs For A River, also in 1996.[10]
Hardship Post won as Best Alternative Band at the 1994 East Coast Music Awards,[11] and were nominated for the same award in 1996.[12] At the Juno Awards of 1996, Somebody Spoke was a nominee for Best Alternative Album.[13]
Prior to the groups dissolution in 1997, the band recorded a second album for Sub Pop in 1996, on 4-track in their rehearsal space, as The New Hardship Post, which at this time featured Sebastian Lippa, Alyson MacLeod, and Mike Pick. This album has never been released, or leaked.[14]
The band broke up in 1997.[15]
Discography[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 1995: Somebody Spoke
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/2444567-The-New-Hardship-Post
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/3147580-The-New-Hardship-Post-No-Time
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/3656310-Various-Pet-kout-koy-ek-Songs-For-A-River
- ^ "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.
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