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para contra
3+ albums
about
" Three piece from a small blip of a town in southern Ontario, who've come together to make noise in a basement, sheltered from the local atmosphere of hardcore, metal, and cockrock. The first six tracks of the EP are the first resulting chaos of improvised collaboration, and represent a sonic foundation for the various styles and leanings present in each of the band members. The recordings pitch and weave from indie-folk pop to dense, cryptic rumbling, blending styles and concepts with no inhibition or antiquated formulae. The seventh track is a modest home-recording by alex hnatiuk, a light pop number (complete with out of tune instrumentation) demonstrating a more conventional song structure, though by no means setting any kind of precedent or inclination. Alex, one of the band's guitar players and resident noise-ologist, composes rock-leaning music ranging from upbeat progressive, to dark, lovecraftian post-rock music. He also plays keys on the recordings, quite poorly. Brad Bridges plays drums for Para Contra in his spare time; he is part of a hard-rock and metal group known as Rough Justice who are doing very well in the local arena, with this being Brad's creative release project. Jake Mcguin is the youngest member of the three-piece, but is an extraordinary guitar player and composer in his own right. The musical inspirations range from Frank Zappa to the Unicorns, but intellectually, the band is on the same page and are eager to write and produce a full length concep
