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para contra

About Me

the band has collapsed, oh what a worrrrrld.brad is still doing the rough justice dance, which is working out well.jake is jamming with a new group of rad dudes.alex is recording an album of sorts solo-liloquoy.the end =]

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Member Since: 24/07/2007
Band Members: jake mcguin
alex hnatiuk
desire comely (learners permit)
the ghost of brad bridges, RIP, may he grace our stairwells and attics

Influences: many, many, many bands

Record Label: Rack and Ruin Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

two new live jams and some news I guess

Jake and I had a jam today, I uploaded two of the recorded pieces, just something to check out. We also worked on some actual-songs, you can check out minor demos on my personal myspace page but we're...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Brad is NOT dead

He's just walked off of our band pier, to become a waterlogged corpse, and his spirit has ascended to the band Rough Justice. As such, we need a new drummer. Brantford ON, have jam space available, an...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:31:00 GMT

new member (possibly)

 I jammed with desiré comely today; she plays some piano and flute. We jammed guitar on piano stuff today, and once she got over her nervousness some cool shit emerged. Too early to say if she'll be j...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:33:00 GMT

handmade albums for free this summer + download

The jam/improv album "..offered with many apologies" has gotten 30 downloads in May. You can get it for free from www.rackandruinrecords.com , just click artists then find para contra, and click the g...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:36:00 GMT

new song + on Rack and Ruin Records

Added a homemade recording of a light pop track, just for something to do. This summer jake and I will be writing a ton and then with brad will be fleshing out some songs. We also got taken in by Rack...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:52:00 GMT

new song; more coming

I uploaded a really sketchy song just now, all the instruments are out of tune but I am too tired to redo it for now. Expect more this summer, when jake and brad and I work on writing some more songs ...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 16:40:00 GMT

EP Forthcoming..

I took the link down and instead put up 3 pieces from it (cut down from 30 minutes). There was a lot of awful crap in there, haha. This is a little better, atleast. Also, there are going to be a few m...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:49:00 GMT

Dont hold your breath; BUT

not that anyone keeps up with this, butThe band might actually have a foothold. Jake McGuin and I jammed at "Bard" Bridges' house recently and it went pretty well. I sent them both the song files for ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:58:00 GMT