Sofa (Canadian band)

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.

Sofa
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresNoise rock, post-hardcore, post-rock
Years active1993 – 1997
LabelsRhyzome / Constellation
Associated actsSilver Mt. Zion, Re:, The Delmarva Scheme, Quinimine, The Donkeys
Websiteso-fa.ca
Past membersScott Clarkson
Ian Ilavsky
Keith Marchand
Brad Todd

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.[1][2][3][4][5] 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.[6] 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".[7]

Members

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
  1. Review of Grey. Exclaim!. Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.
  2. Review of Grey. Vice. Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.
  3. Review of Grey. The Wire. Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.
  4. Review of Grey. Stylus Magazine. Mirror at Constellation website. Accessed January 30, 2008.
  5. Review of Grey. Almost Cool. Accessed January 30, 2008.
  6. Band history Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Constellation Records
  7. "delicate emozioni che rimandano ai Dirty Three." - Review of Song of the Silent Land. Unmute. Accessed January 31, 2008.
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