The Hardship Post
Also known asThe New Hardship Post[1]
OriginSt. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
GenresIndie rock, Grunge (Early work)
Years active1992 – 1997
LabelsSub Pop
Murderecords
Cinnamon Toast Records
Mag Wheel Records
Past membersSebastian Lippa
Mike Pick
Matt Clarke
Alyson MacLeod
Mike Kean

The Hardship Post was a Canadian alternative rock band, that formed in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1992 and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Halifax Pop Explosion of the early 1990s.[2]

The band originally consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Lippa, bassist Mike Kean and drummer Matt Clarke.[3] Initially signed to Murderecords,[4] they released the EPs Mood Ring and Hack in 1993, and undertook their first cross-Canada tour to support the recordings.[5] Mike Pick would replace Kean on bass in mid-1993.

In late 1994, they signed to Sub Pop,[6] which released their full-length album Somebody Spoke in 1995.[7] Around that time Clarke left the band, and was replaced by Alyson MacLeod of Jale.[8] This formation of the band would be known as "The New Hardship Post", which released one single on Squirtgun Records, in 1996.[9], as well as one track on the various artists compilation Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs For A River, also in 1996.[10]

Hardship Post won as Best Alternative Band at the 1994 East Coast Music Awards,[11] and were nominated for the same award in 1996.[12] At the Juno Awards of 1996, Somebody Spoke was a nominee for Best Alternative Album.[13]

Prior to the groups dissolution in 1997, the band recorded a second album for Sub Pop in 1996, on 4-track in their rehearsal space, as The New Hardship Post, which at this time featured Sebastian Lippa, Alyson MacLeod (from jale), and Mike Pick. Sub Pop seemed to like the album “a lot”. The second album has never been released, or leaked.[14]

The band broke up in 1997.[15]

Discography

  • 1992: Sugarcane/Canopy (7" single)
  • 1993: Mood Ring (EP)
  • 1993: Hack (EP)
  • 1994: Why Don't You and I Smooth Things Over (7" single)
  • 1994: "Won't You Come Home?" (Cinnamon Toast Records compilation)
  • 1995: Slick Talking Jack/If I... (7" single)
  • 1995: Watching You/Your Sunshine (7" single)
  • 1996: No Time/Turn It Up (7" single) [as "The New Hardship Post]
  • 1996: "The Hole" (Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs For A River compilation) [as "The New Hardship Post"]

Studio albums

  • 1995: Somebody Spoke

References

  1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/2444567-The-New-Hardship-Post
  2. ↑ "Hardship Post delivers lean sound". Ottawa Citizen, June 8, 1995.
  3. ↑ "Grungy Newfoundland trio poised to steal Christmas". Toronto Star, December 16, 1993.
  4. ↑ "Sloan tucks Thrush Hermit under wing". Ottawa Citizen, September 2, 1993.
  5. ↑ "The Rock is a hard place for bands like Hardship Post; But young rockers still call Newfoundland home". Montreal Gazette, August 12, 1993.
  6. ↑ "Halifax new hothouse for hip bands". Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1993.
  7. ↑ "The Hardship begins: The Newfoundland trio in The Hardship Post have finished thinking about their future. Now, they're living it." Halifax Daily News, June 11, 1995.
  8. ↑ "Crime seems to pay -- at least when it comes to copyrights". Halifax Daily News, August 18, 1995.
  9. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/3147580-The-New-Hardship-Post-No-Time
  10. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/3656310-Various-Pet-kout-koy-ek-Songs-For-A-River
  11. ↑ "Rankins dominate awards". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1994.
  12. ↑ "Nominees for the East Coast Music Awards". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1996.
  13. ↑ "Cheers and jeers for Juno nominees". Edmonton Journal, February 1, 1996.
  14. ↑ Sebastian Lippa interview; Let It All Fall, p.242, Mike Heffernan, 2023
  15. ↑ "Lippa abandons rock with `cathartic' show". Halifax Daily News, July 31, 1997.
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