SS Cardiacs

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SS Cardiacs
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active2004 (2004)–2005 (2005)
Labels Blocks, Out Of Touch
Past members Jessie Stein
Andy Lloyd
Dana Snell
Leon Taheny
Mike Small
Owen Pallett [1]

SS Cardiacs was a Canadian indie rock band, briefly active in the early 2000s. [2] It consisted of Jessie Stein on vocals and guitar, Andy Lloyd on bass and Dana Snell on drums. [3]

History

SS Cardiacs formed in Toronto in 2004. They performed as part of Canada Music Week in March, 2005. [4] That year the band released its sole album, Fear the Love, on Blocks in 2005. Stein's brother, José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right, also participated in the album's recording. [2] Fear the Love appeared on the !earshot campus and community radio chart in June. [5]

Shortly after the album's release, Lloyd and Snell left the band due to internal tensions, [6] and Stein instead toured to support the album with a lineup that included Leon Taheny, The Meligrove Band's Mike Small [7] and keyboardist Owen Pallett. [8] [9] With a more robust sound, the group released one last track entitled "Oh No!" via the Volume II 7" vinyl compilation on Out Of Touch Records. [10]

Stein subsequently retired the SS Cardiacs name, and went on to join Miracle Fortress and to form a new band, The Luyas.

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References

  1. ↑ Mick Middles (1 June 2012). Arcade Fire: Behind the Black Mirror. Omnibus Press. p. 102. ISBN   978-0-85712-773-0.
  2. 1 2 Sarah Liss. "Cardiacs Attack". Now , May 26, 2005.
  3. ↑ Kolasky, Sarah (May 1, 2004). "The S.S. Cardiacs". Wavelength Toronto. Wavelength Music. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Music Week Toronto ON — March 2 to 5, 2005". Exclaim, Apr 01, 2005
  5. ↑ "National Top 200 chart". !earshot Campus and Community Radio Report, June 2005
  6. ↑ "Cardiacs Attack". NOW Toronto, Sarah Liss, May 26, 2005
  7. ↑ "Six Degrees Of The Meligrove Band: How They're Connected To Almost Every Canadian Indie Act Ever". Aaron Brophy, Huffington Post Canada, 12/12/2014
  8. ↑ "SS Cardiacs Fear the Love". Exclaim! , July 2005.
  9. ↑ "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part I". Noisy.
  10. ↑ " New vinyl: Chris McCluskey goes around and around." The Coast, By Chris McCluskey on Jun 1, 2006
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