The Hardship Post

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title: "The Hardship Post" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["musical-groups-established-in-1992", "musical-groups-disestablished-in-1997", "musical-groups-from-st.-john's,-newfoundland-and-labrador", "canadian-alternative-rock-groups", "sub-pop-artists", "murderecords-artists", "1992-establishments-in-newfoundland-and-labrador", "1997-disestablishments-in-canada"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardship_Post" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameThe Hardship Post
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backgroundgroup_or_band
aliasThe New Hardship Post
originSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
genreIndie rock, Grunge
years_active19921997
labelSub Pop
Murderecords
Cinnamon Toast Records
Mag Wheel Records
associated_actsJale
past_membersSebastian Lippa
Mike Pick
Matt Clarke
Alyson MacLeod
Mike Kean
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| name = The Hardship Post | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = The New Hardship Post | origin = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | genre = Indie rock, Grunge | years_active = 19921997 | label = Sub Pop Murderecords Cinnamon Toast Records Mag Wheel Records | associated_acts = Jale | website = | current_members = | past_members = Sebastian Lippa Mike Pick Matt Clarke Alyson MacLeod Mike Kean The Hardship Post was a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1992. The band moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Halifax Pop Explosion of the early 1990s.

The band originally consisted of vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Lippa, bassist Mike Kean and drummer Matt Clarke. Initially signed to Murderecords, they released the EPs Mood Ring and Hack in 1993, and undertook their first cross-Canada tour to support the recordings. Mike Pick would replace Kean on bass in mid-1993.

In late 1994, they signed to Sub Pop, which released their full-length album Somebody Spoke in 1995. Around that time Clarke left the band, and was replaced by Alyson MacLeod of Jale. This formation of the band would be known as "The New Hardship Post", which released one single on Squirtgun Records, in 1996. This iteration of the band provided a track on the various artists compilation Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs For A River; the compilation was also released in 1996.

Hardship Post won as Best Alternative Band at the 1994 East Coast Music Awards, and were nominated for the same award in 1996. At the Juno Awards of 1996, Somebody Spoke was a nominee for Best Alternative Album.

Prior to the groups dissolution in 1997, the band recorded a second album for Sub Pop in 1996. It was recorded on 4-track in their rehearsal space. At that time, they had changed their name to The New Hardship Post; the lineup consisted of Sebastian Lippa, Alyson MacLeod, and Mike Pick. This album has never been released, or leaked.

The band broke up in 1997.

Discography

Singles

  • 1992: Sugarcane/Canopy (7" single)
  • 1993: Mood Ring (EP)
  • 1993: Hack (EP)
  • 1994: Why Don't You and I Smooth Things Over (7" single)
  • 1994: Won't You Come Home? (Flexi-disc single)
  • 1994: Rock Is My Life (split 7" single w/ Randy Bachman)
  • 1994: Slick Talking Jack/If I... (7" single)
  • 1995: Watching You/Your Sunshine (7" single)
  • 1996: No Time/Turn It Up (7" single) [as "The New Hardship Post"]

Studio albums

  • 1995: Somebody Spoke

Compilations

  • 2025: Hardship Post: 1992-1994 (2xLP, archival collection)

References

References

  1. "The New Hardship Post".
  2. "Hardship Post delivers lean sound". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', June 8, 1995.
  3. "Grungy Newfoundland trio poised to steal Christmas". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', December 16, 1993.
  4. "Sloan tucks Thrush Hermit under wing". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 2, 1993.
  5. "The Rock is a hard place for bands like Hardship Post; But young rockers still call Newfoundland home". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', August 12, 1993.
  6. "Halifax new hothouse for hip bands". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', September 30, 1993.
  7. "The Hardship begins: The Newfoundland trio in The Hardship Post have finished thinking about their future. Now, they're living it." ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', June 11, 1995.
  8. "Crime seems to pay -- at least when it comes to copyrights". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', August 18, 1995.
  9. (1996). "The New Hardship Post - No Time".
  10. (August 1996). "Various - Pet-kout-koy-ek: Songs for a River".
  11. "Rankins dominate awards". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 14, 1994.
  12. "Nominees for the East Coast Music Awards". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 8, 1996.
  13. "Cheers and jeers for Juno nominees". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', February 1, 1996.
  14. Sebastian Lippa interview; Let It All Fall, p.242, Mike Heffernan, 2023
  15. "Lippa abandons rock with `cathartic' show". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', July 31, 1997.
  16. (October 2025). "Instagram".

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