Never Mind the Molluscs is a compilation EP released in 1993 on Sub Pop Records.[1] Released as part of the Halifax Pop Explosion movement of the early 1990s, the EP featured four songs by emerging alternative rock bands from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick.[2] Two of the featured bands, Jale and Eric's Trip, were signed directly to Sub Pop, while Sloan were signed to Geffen Records;[3] the fourth band, Idée du Nord, were the only contributors to the compilation who never became widely known outside of the Maritime scene.[2]
| Never Mind the Molluscs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Sub Pop Records chronology | ||||
| ||||
Eric's Trip contributed a medley of two separate songs, "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother", to the album. Sloan later covered "Smother" for the Geffen Records compilation album DGC Rarities Volume 1; their version recombined "Smother" into a medley with a different Eric's Trip song, "Stove" from the album Love Tara.
Track listing
edit- Sloan, "Pillow Fight"
- Jale, "Lung"
- Eric's Trip, "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother"
- Idée du Nord, "Iodine Eyes"
References
edit- ^ "Stay home, grunge boss warns". Hamilton Spectator, September 16, 1993.
- ^ a b Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, (2011) Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995. (10th anniversary ed.) ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9. p. 475.
- ^ "VARIOUS ARTISTS: Never Mind the Molluscs". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 1993.
 | This 1990s indie rock album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |