Sofa (Canadian band)

Sofa

Origin| Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres| Noise rock, post-hardcore, post-rock
Years active| 1993 - 1997, 2021
Labels| Rhyzome / Constellation
Past members| Scott Clarkson
Ian Ilavsky
Keith Marchand
Brad Todd
Website| so-fa.ca

Sofa was a Montreal-based band that was originally active from 1993 to 1997, becoming active again in 2021. The group is best known for being the first group to release material on 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.

## History

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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

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* Scott Clarkson - bass
* Ian Ilavsky - guitar, organ, piano
* Keith Marchand - drums
* Brad Todd - voice, tape

## Discography

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* 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)
* Source Crossfire (Constellation Records; 2021)

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Official website
* Sofa at Constellation Records

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Artists|

* MusicBrainz