FORTHCOMING
In December 2008, $100 released the first installment in their 7" vinyl series. Regional Seven Inch sees singles on 7" records released all throughout the country on a variety of labels. The A side of each record necessarily deals with a subject thematically linked to the region out of which the label is based. Songs about cancer treatment in Toronto, work shortage in St. John's, Newfoundland, VLT gambling and the oil economy in Fort McMurray and cycles of colonization in Vancouver, stare the country deep in the heart and tell some truths.
Part one, 14th Floor, comes out of Blocks Recording Club in Toronto, and features Owen Pallett playing fiddle on the B side, and art by Hamilton's Matt McInnes. You can pick it up at Rotate This. Or order it from the Blue House (online).
The Black Gold Demo above is a sketch of a tune we are to record for Saved By Vinyl in Alberta.
FORNOW
$100 recorded the full length album over the course of 13 hours at the Elder Schoolhouse with Rick White (Eric's Trip, Elevator) and Brian Taylor (Best Guy). "Forest of Tears" has the honor of being released on Blue Fog Recordings, and is in stores now. If you don't live in Canada you could order it through Sonic Unyon.
There's a sneak preview of a few tracks up there- "No Great Leap" - about death's appeal and "Forest of Tears" and "Careless Love." And below, some footage of us recording "Hell's A Place," crafted by Rick White.
According to the Montreal Mirror:
"Apparently, being second to Montreal as “best hotbed for Canadian musical exports†has started to get stuck in Toronto’s craw. This record, which has more to do with early Emmylou Harris than any No Depression country, hopes to change that, with singer Simone Schmidt’s husky drawl delivering tales of destitution and despair. If Schmidt’s tales of love gone wrong don’t grab you by the heartstrings and unclog the waterworks, Stew Crookes’s careening pedal steel surely will. Bonus points for the great take on Ian Tyson’s 'Someday Soon.'" (Johnson Cummins)
WHAT'S PAST
"Hold It Together" is an EP. It was recorded in a night on the longest block in the city of Toronto, then mastered by Stew Crookes. It has the voice of a "pre-puberty II" Simone on it.
We recorded "Blaze of Glory," a cover of a song that our Godfathers, F^cked up commissioned. You can check them out here.
The lyrics are by Pink Eyes, not Simone. We think maybe it's about the religions of Hard Core Punk being insufficient. Isn't everything for the brow beaten youth of today?
The Pictures of us, yonder in the background are by Davida Nemeroff- thank you. And Thank you to Jimmy Limit and David Waldman for their photography also.
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