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.

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CD Release Party!

Awaiting the Outcome of My Tempted Fate…

Some things to let you all in on:

We are powering through the mixing process, which seems to be coming along rather smoothly.  This has confirmed, in my mind, that “hope for the best, expect the worst” is a pretty good way to look at these sorts of things.  The pleasant surprise of things not being the worst is a great boost.  But seriously.  The tracks are sounding pretty damn good with less effort than we’d expected, and it’s going a lot quicker on account.

That said, we have confirmed the date of our release party for the album, “This Sinking Ship”!  It’s happening APRIL 30th at THIS AIN’T HOLLYWOOD, so mark your calendars and BE THERE!  We’ll be joining the Fat Cats, who’ll be rounding out the night with a giant dance party, if history is any indication.  This is going to be a stellar night, and we’ll all be in delightfully excitable moods, so you should do better than your best to make it out and celebrate with us!  ’Cause it’s about damn time, am I right?  A massive thank you goes out to Ken Inouye for putting this in motion.  We each likely owe him our first born by now.  I hope he likes babies.

We’ll be flooding the internets with more info and excitement about this over the next few weeks!  Keep eyes.

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