Collapsing Opposites
Encyclopedia
Collapsing Opposites is an indie rock
group and music
project from Vancouver
, BC
. It was founded in 2002 by Ryan McCormick and has subsequently included over 18 different members.
Demonstration in 2002 and followed it up with five full-length albums
including Sincerity/Sarcasm (2004), Mean Letters (2005), Inside Chance (2007) In Time (2010), and Real Moving (2011). The group has also released one other EP
(The Story of the Rocks in 2008), two compilations
(Microchips Implanted In Your Brain in 2005 and Music and Words in 2007) and a split
7" record with the band Bible Belts in 2008.
The band's 2007 album Inside Chance reached number 16 on the Canadian National Campus and Community Radio charts; In Time reached number 37 and Mean Letters reached number 128. The band has been covered in a variety of sources such as Exclaim!
, BeatRoute
, The Georgia Straight
, Front Magazine, Tom Tom Magazine, Discorder, Weird Canada, Splendid Ezine, and Broken Pencil
.
Members of Collapsing Opposites have collaborated with other art and music projects such as Whose Museum, Music Waste
, Four on the Floor Projects and the Safe Amplification Site Society.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
group and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
project from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, BC
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. It was founded in 2002 by Ryan McCormick and has subsequently included over 18 different members.
History
Collapsing Opposites released their first EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Demonstration in 2002 and followed it up with five full-length albums
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
including Sincerity/Sarcasm (2004), Mean Letters (2005), Inside Chance (2007) In Time (2010), and Real Moving (2011). The group has also released one other EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(The Story of the Rocks in 2008), two compilations
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
(Microchips Implanted In Your Brain in 2005 and Music and Words in 2007) and a split
Split album
A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
7" record with the band Bible Belts in 2008.
The band's 2007 album Inside Chance reached number 16 on the Canadian National Campus and Community Radio charts; In Time reached number 37 and Mean Letters reached number 128. The band has been covered in a variety of sources such as Exclaim!
Exclaim!
Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists...
, BeatRoute
BeatRoute (newspaper)
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly music paper published in Calgary. With a circulation of 10,000, the paper is distributed in Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge, Banff, and Canmore. Although primarily focused on music, BeatRoute also publishes articles on art, columns and film reviews. Currently, it is...
, The Georgia Straight
The Georgia Straight
The Georgia Straight is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by the Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp...
, Front Magazine, Tom Tom Magazine, Discorder, Weird Canada, Splendid Ezine, and Broken Pencil
Broken Pencil
Broken Pencil is a Canadian magazine, which profiles zine culture and independent arts and music. The magazine publishes four times annually and is based in Toronto.The magazine was founded in 1995 by Hal Niedzviecki...
.
Members of Collapsing Opposites have collaborated with other art and music projects such as Whose Museum, Music Waste
Music Waste
Music Waste is an annual music, art, and comedy festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia. It began in 1994 as a protest against the entry fees of the corporate-sponsored New Music West festival...
, Four on the Floor Projects and the Safe Amplification Site Society.
Discography
- Demonstration (CD-RCD-RA CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) (Independent) (2002) - Sincerity / Sarcasm (CD-RCD-RA CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
albumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Independent) (2004) - Mean Letters (CD albumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Independent) (2005) - Microchips Implanted In Your Brain (CD-RCD-RA CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....
compilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
) (Independent) (2005) - Inside Chance (CD albumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Local Kids Make Good Records) (Independent) (2007) - Music and Words (Cassette compilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
) (French Immersion Records) (2007) - The Story of the Rocks (MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) (Independent) (2008) - The Cost of Music (7" single splitSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
with Bible Belts) (Needs More Ram Records) (2008) - In Time (12" LPLP recordThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
/MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
albumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Independent) (2010) - Real Moving (Cassette/MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
albumAlbumAn album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
) (Radical Clatter) (2011)