| The Hardship Post | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Alias: | The New Hardship Post[1] |
| Origin: | St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Genre: | Indie rock, Grunge |
| Years Active: | 19921997 |
| Label: | Sub Pop Murderecords Cinnamon Toast Records Mag Wheel Records |
| Associated Acts: | Jale |
| Past Members: | Sebastian 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, and Mike Pick. This album has never been released, or leaked.[14]
The band broke up in 1997.[15]