Sofa (Canadian band)

Sofa (Canadian band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sofa
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre = Post-rock
Years_active = 1993 – 1997
Label = Rhyzome / Constellation
Associated_acts = Silver Mt. Zion, Re:, The Delmarva Scheme, Quinimine, The Donkeys
URL = [http://so-fa.ca/ so-fa.ca]
Past_members = Scott Clarkson Ian Ilavsky Keith Marchand Brad Todd

Sofa was a Montreal-based band that was active from 1993 to 1997. The group is best remembered for being the first group to release material on post-rock record label Constellation Records; bandmember Ian Ilavsky (later a member of Re: and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band) was a co-founder of the label.

History

Most of Sofa's songs were written and played in a 10' x 10' room and were later presented in live shows, after which they were discarded. The band was made up of four members. They self-released two albums on cassette and with Constellation Records had two more releases (one 7" and one CD). The full-length, "Grey", received positive reviews from several Canadian press outlets. [ [http://www.cstrecords.com/reviews/cst002reviews.html#exclaim Review of "Grey"] . "Exclaim!". Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.] [ [http://www.cstrecords.com/reviews/cst002reviews.html#vice Review of "Grey"] . "Vice". Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.] [ [http://www.cstrecords.com/reviews/cst002reviews.html#thewire Review of "Grey"] . "The Wire". Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.] [ [http://www.cstrecords.com/reviews/cst002reviews.html#stylus Review of "Grey"] . "Stylus Magazine". Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.] [ [http://www.almostcool.org/mr/1136/ Review of "Grey"] . "Almost Cool". Accessed January 30, 2008.] One member of the band, Ian, is also the co-founder (along with Don) of Constellation Records, an independent record label.

Six months after the release of the full-length "Grey", the group disbanded. [ [http://www.cstrecords.com/cst002.html Band history] , Constellation Records] The song "String of Lights" was included on the Constellation compilation disc "Song of the Silent Land"; one reviewer noted the song's "delicate emotion reminiscent of the Dirty Three". ["delicate emozioni che rimandano ai Dirty Three." - [http://www.unmute.net/recensioni/v/v-a_constellation.htm Review of "Song of the Silent Land"] . Unmute. Accessed January 31, 2008.]

Members

* Scott Clarkson - bass
* Ian Ilavsky - guitar, organ, piano
* Keith Marchand - drums
* Brad Todd - voice, tape

Discography

* "Test Tone" (self-release/Rhyzome Records; 1994)
* "Town Unsafe" (self-release; 1995)
* "Record" (self-release; 1995)
* "New Era Building" (Constellation Records; 1997) - includes two songs from 'Record'
* "Grey" (Constellation Records; 1997)

References

External links

* [http://so-fa.ca/ Official website]
* [http://cstrecords.com/bands_sofa.html Sofa] at Constellation Records


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