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Bio taken from: http://howcantheyintendtoheal.wordpress.com
(on that site you can download the entire Shoulder discography for free)

Shoulder was from London, Ontario from 1994 to 1997. Bryan Webb (guitar, vocals), Chris Irwin (bass) and Doug MacGregor (drums) started jamming together in the fall of 1994, highly influenced by bands such as Fugazi, Hoover and Jawbox. During late 1994, Bry joined As We Speak to replace their original guitarist that had left the band. Shoulder’s sound then changed to a more mid-western emo sound, influenced by such bands as Split Lip, Endpoint, Falling Forward and Shotmaker. In March 1995 they recorded their first demo at Studio 107 in London. These four songs were released on cassette tape. When rehearsing, the band often recorded various songs in their jam space (Bry’s basement) on a four-track recorder.

Not very long after the demo’s release, Paul Bright, from As We Speak (which had recently broken up) joined Shoulder as guitarist. The band played some more shows in their local area and the rest of Ontario. In October ’95, they recorded their first and only full-length, “Touch”, once again at Studio 107. The acoustic instrumentals between the songs were recorded by Chris Greenwood, and featured Vanessa Thatcher on violin. The LP/CD was released on Detroit’s best known label, Conquer the World Records, co-released by the band on Winter Records, a label operated by Paul Bright, in December of 1995. The band then started touring, entering the states, for a one week tour in the winter of ’95-’96, which took them in a loop around Lake Erie and back home.
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  • JohnnyFlanagan

    All by this band is AWESOME

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • HDS7

    Full band bio and discography download can be found on this blog on Canadian hardcore. It was written with full band collaboration: http://howcantheyintendtoheal.wordpress.com/

    20 Oct 2011 Reply

  • emodius

    this is awesome

    15 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Sh3p007

    Crazy, whatta blast from the past.... Bry and Paul are my old buddies, and its great to hear some shoulder again. Does anyone know where I can d/l Enkindel Open Fields? It was released on their first seven inch, (I think it was their first.) That track is amazing.... the first time I saw Enkindel was a show with Them, another band from louisiana (like enkindel) and As We Speak (Half of shoulders old band...) Oh yeah, bumsweat was there too... They were fuckin great (Paul Bright used to play with them

    16 Feb 2011 Reply

  • kurtrip

    'the woods' gives me goosebumps

    7 Dec 2010 Reply

  • graveny

    Normally don't pay attention to the "interludes" in albums but the two in Touch are amazing pieces. Every song is golden.

    28 Oct 2010 Reply

  • Cataquack

    emo

    18 Aug 2010 Reply

  • gowen23

    They had a split 7" with Morning Again. A song called Flower Drum song. Don't have the 7" anymore but I'd love to hear that track again it was fantastic.

    7 Feb 2010 Reply

  • lkuann

    sexy shoulders are sexy

    12 Aug 2009 Reply

  • HDS7

    ahhh so good still! i listen to other things for 2 months or so then fall on this one night, and remmber how fucking amazing they are. this is my FAVORITE emo band EVER!

    31 May 2009 Reply

  • WoodAndInk

    I have it in my closet. . .for several hundred non-sequential bills I will release it.

    30 Apr 2009 Reply

  • pmatwiej

    i've lost their lp 'touch' :( i mean i have it in my home, but don't know where the hell it is.

    3 Mar 2009 Reply

  • HDS7

    Empathy was also on CTW... great band but they are more thrashy i find... never the less great fucking band. There was also the VERY short lived Night of Broken Glass from Florida who had that similar sound comparable to Split Lip... if anyone knows more bands other than those 4 who have that sound let me know, i fucking love it.

    20 Jan 2009 Reply

  • WoodAndInk

    Empathy huh? Sendspace that material mate

    9 Jan 2009 Reply

  • bremenlegation

    great band from london ontario. they basically sounded identical to empathy from detroit who existed at roughly the same time..........

    4 Jan 2009 Reply

  • HDS7

    this band is so amazing. i prefer them to split lip by far.

    18 Nov 2008 Reply

  • WoodAndInk

    great LP, found it in a used bin last spring

    16 Jul 2008 Reply

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