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Source Crossfire

by Sofa

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1.
Ch2Chi 04:13
2.
Stress 02:45
3.
Comma 04:02
4.
The Fence 04:45
5.
Monotone 04:19
6.
80000 04:43
7.
Current 06:25
8.
Travel 05:33
9.
Medicine Hat 05:34
10.
Arclight 05:40
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12.
Just A Walk 04:57
13.
Regret 05:00
14.
Radio One 05:36
15.
So Around 06:20
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about

A searing, brooding collection documenting the recorded output of one of Montreal's most shadowy, notorious, captivating underground art-rock ensembles of the mid-90s (and the first band to be released on renowned indie label Constellation). In the words of one music writer of the era: “Like Slint and Big Black meeting for a Joy Division reunion.”

Source Crossfire rounds up the quartet’s 1997 album Grey (originally released on CD only) along with selections from two prior self-released cassettes, charting Sofa’s febrile evolution through the sonic palettes of North American post-hardcore and slowcore admixed with early UK post-punk, goth and dark lounge.

LP1 re-imagines Grey, newly sequenced to create distinct loud/fast and soft/slow vinyl sides. LP2 mirrors this, with four tracks of intense pitch-black material on Side One and three early examples of Sofa’s sombre balladry on Side Two, culled from the band’s 1995 cassette material. All remastered by Jace Lasek (Breakglass), Harris Newman (Greymarket) and Ian Ilavsky (Constellation). All new artwork by visual artist (and Sofa vocalist) Brad Todd.

Source Crossfire aptly names the unique mix of genres and influences distilled in Sofa’s cauldron – a treat for fans from the era and for anyone interested in the fertile crosscurrents of UK + US post-punk, post-hardcore, slowcore, goth and art rock that spawned such a diverse slate of unsung bands with distinct energies, personalities, and hybrid sonic identities across so many local scenes in the 1990s.

credits

released September 17, 2021

Sofa:
Scott Clarkson • Bass
Ian Ilavsky • Guitar
Keith Marchand • Drums
Brad Todd • Voice

Side 1 + Side 2 from 'Grey'
Originally released on compact disc by Constellation in spring 1997
Recorded by Iain Booth at Piccolo, Montréal, 5–6 October 1996
Mixed by Iain Booth and Sofa, November 1996
Tracking assistance by Denis Normandeau
Additional assistance by Paul Drouin

Side 3 + Side 4 from 'Town Unsafe' and 'Record'
Originally self-released on cassettes in spring and fall 1995
Recorded live to 2–track in an empty loft by Paul Drouin, Montréal, 5 February + 24–25 June 1995

All tracks remastered from the original stereo mixes by Jace Lasek (Breakglass), Harris Newman (Greymarket) and Sofa guitarist (and Constellation co-founder) Ian Ilavsky

Album artwork by Brad Todd

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Sofa Montreal, Québec

Sofa was a band from 1993 to 1997. Sofa formed when Brad Todd (voice) met Keith Marchand (drums) while teaching a summer course at Concordia University’s department of Fine Arts. Ian Ilavsky (guitar) and Scott Clarkson (bass) were recruited. The four founding members stuck together for the duration, devoting themselves to the sonic transmission of isolation, neurosis and loss. ... more

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