This Sinking Ship Vinyl Pre-Sale!

That’s right folks! This Sinking Ship is coming to 2LP vinyl, and right now you can pre-order yourself a copy a couple of ways. If you’re in Canada, your best option is through our website ($15 cdn, shipping included); in the US, head to the Pork Records site ($13 usd, shipping included).

The double vinyl package includes a free download copy of the album (which you’ll receive while the vinyl’s being pressed), as well as three BRAND NEW unheard, unreleased & otherwise unavailable tracks. Right now is the best time to jump on this, as the price will go up in the not-too-distant future, so don’t miss out.

End of an Era…

Photo by Jamie Morren

Whew… The long haul is finally over & This Sinking Ship is now out there in the world.  A million plus thanks to everyone who made it out to the CD release show at This Ain’t Hollywood.  All your support means the world to us, and none of this would’ve been possible without it.  Thanks also to everyone who picked up a CD, and if you didn’t you can get one right now by ordering through subcollective.ca.  There’s some awesome photos up from the party too, thanks to our friend Jamie Morren.  Keep eyes for some video and audio from the show, we’re working on pulling that stuff together as we speak.

…that said…

It’s with a heavy heart I must impart the news that Jon the Bassist has decided to end his run with the Subs.  We are all surprised and saddened to see him go, as he has been an integral part of the band since it’s inception seven years ago.  As a forming member of the original duo, Jon is by far one of the most talented musicians I’ve ever had the pleasure to create with, and he will no doubt be difficult to replace.  Truly the end of an era.

We remaining are anxious to move forward, however, and so would like you all to please welcome Jess Stone to the Collective fold.  Jesse, formerly of the Satisfied Customers, is ready and willing to step up and will be laying down the groove with us starting at the upcoming Come Together Music Festival over the May 24 weekend.  We all look forward to seeing what the future holds despite this brief misstep, and we hope you’ll continue on the ride with us.

“After all what remains, after you?”

CD Release & MayDay Festivities

The time is near, folks.  Our album, This Sinking Ship, will be available as of Friday, April 30th!  The party is going down the same night at This Ain’t Hollywood, where we’ll be taking the stage alongside the Fat Cats.  A lot of work went into this album, it was entirely self-produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at SubCollective Studio.  The rest of this week will see us folding and gluing like there’s no tomorrow (’cause there may not be, dammit…) in preparation for the party.  We hope everyone who’s able will make it out to help us celebrate, we’re all pretty damn pumped that we’ve finally gotten to this point.

While we’re at it, leading up to Friday, you can hear us on the radio this week, doing guest spots with Lou Molinaro (INDI 101.5 fm, Wednesday at 3:30pm) & Ric Taylor (CFMU 93.3 fm Friday between 5 & 8pm).

Also, this coming Saturday is the Sky Dragon’s 4th annual MayDay Festival, where we (the original four-piece lineup) will be performing an entirely improvised instrumental set.  Not even we’re entirely sure what to expect, but it’ll be groovy as all get out, that is for sure.  Confirmed acts so far include: Nilla (Canada’s finest female MC), Rackula, Sarah Marlowe, Steve Sinnicks, Teal Booth, Dave Gould, Katie Caron, Better Homes for Meaner People, Boreal Plains, The Human Race, Blue Bottle Flyers, La Bella Union and Little Silver Tabby.  Come down for the whole day and check out the happenings along King William Street.  The festival starts at 10am and rolls on until about 11pm.  For more info you can visit Sky Dragon’s Website.

More info on This Sinking Ship’s availability will follow throughout the week.  In the meantime, you can hear the whole album on our webpage or find it on Grooveshark as well.

Dig.

Recording Update #6

FINALLY!!  It’s time for a brand new recording update.

We ‘re humming along on the base tracks now, with only three more songs to get laid down, so we’ll be moving forward onto overdubs real soon.  We’ve got some awesome guests lined up to lend us a hand for some of these, including our good friends Nate Powers (MC Undun), Tarek Ajak (Mother Tareka-Peak Soil), Sam Klass (Hood Klass Perri), and plenty more.

There’s a whole lot of new sounds, for those who’ve only heard the Busride EP, or even the Live recording from Pepper Jack Café, things are sounding remarkably different these days.  As far as the audio updates (which you can dig at subcollective.ca/recording.html or our ReverbNation Page), we’ve got brand new versions of both “New Funk” & “Sorta Like I’m Flyin’”.  It’s mostly just cleaned up guitar and keys tracks, but there’s plenty more on the way.

If you’ve not already done so, please go to subcollective.ca/contact.html and join our mailing list.  We’ve got a bit of a “Thank You” for those that do, in the form of a free download, an album preview studio jam, never before heard by human ears (besides our own).

Lastly, a massive Cheers! out to all of you that came out to the SuperCrawl after-party at Sky Dragon last week!  We had an awesome night, and we hope you dug the additional members, Sam & Tarek on guitar & sax respectively.  We got an opportunity to wander through and dig some of the crawl, and I must say how happy I was to see so many folks out supporting the event despite the weather.  It goes to show the support the people of Hamilton have for their city & arts community.  Well done!

If you have photos and the like you want to share with us, feel free to send them to us at subcollective.ca@gmail.com

Cheers!

Notes From the Underground.

With recording coming along, starting next week we’ll be posting a song (or two) as it evolves over the recording process. Right now we’re working on Base Tracks, so when they go up next week you can hear the basic four-piece, live-off-the-floor beginnings. We’ll update the posts as they become available so you can hear the pieces coming together all the way down to the final mix. We’ll be adding some video from our recording adventures too, for a closer look into Subterranean Studios. Keep yourself up to date by checking us out at the Subterraneans Online or following us on Twitter.

We’ve also got download cards available now, for the Live Show at Pepper Jack Café. We’re asking for a suggested donation of $5, or Pay-What-You’re-Able. Proceeds will go toward the release of our studio album. At the moment, you can get them from us by coming out to our shows (and in turn supporting live music), at Sealed Art (89 Gage St S, Hamilton, ON) or by finding us on the street. We’ll update with other places as they become available.

Cheers!