SS Cardiacs
{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}}
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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| genre = Indie rock
| years_active = {{Start date|2004}}–{{end date|2005}}
| label = Blocks, Out Of Touch
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| past_members = Jessie Stein
Andy Lloyd
Dana Snell
Leon Taheny
Mike Small
Owen Pallett{{cite book|author=Mick Middles|title=Arcade Fire: Behind the Black Mirror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTYDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102|date=1 June 2012|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-773-0|page=102}}
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SS Cardiacs was a Canadian indie rock band, briefly active in the early 2000s.Sarah Liss. [https://nowtoronto.com/music/cardiacs-attack/ "Cardiacs Attack"]. Now, May 26, 2005. It consisted of Jessie Stein on vocals and guitar, Andy Lloyd on bass and Dana Snell on drums.{{cite web |url=https://www.wavelengthmusic.ca/the-luyas-animator-record-release-w-fiver-the-riderless-the-garrison-new-venue/ |title=The S.S. Cardiacs |last= Kolasky |first= Sarah |date= May 1, 2004 |website=Wavelength Toronto|publisher=Wavelength Music|access-date=April 18, 2015}}
History
SS Cardiacs formed in Toronto in 2004. They performed as part of Canada Music Week in March, 2005.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canadian_music_week-toronto_on "Canadian Music Week Toronto ON March 2 to 5, 2005"]. Exclaim, Apr 01, 2005
That year the band released its sole album, Fear the Love, on Blocks in 2005. Stein's brother, José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right, also participated in the album's recording. Fear the Love appeared on the !earshot campus and community radio chart in June.[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2005/July/top200.html "National Top 200 chart"]. !earshot Campus and Community Radio Report, June 2005
Shortly after the album's release, Lloyd and Snell left the band due to internal tensions,[https://nowtoronto.com/music/cardiacs-attack/ "Cardiacs Attack"]. NOW Toronto, Sarah Liss, May 26, 2005 and Stein instead toured to support the album with a lineup that included Leon Taheny, The Meligrove Band's Mike Small[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/12/the-meligrove-band-interview_n_6212036.html "Six Degrees Of The Meligrove Band: How They're Connected To Almost Every Canadian Indie Act Ever"]. Aaron Brophy, Huffington Post Canada, 12/12/2014 and keyboardist Owen Pallett.[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/ss_cardiacs-fear_love "SS Cardiacs Fear the Love"]. Exclaim!, July 2005.[https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-completely-biased-ranking-of-the-60-best-canadian-indie-rock-songs-of-the-00s-part-i/ "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part I"]. Noisy. With a more robust sound, the group released one last track entitled "Oh No!" via the Volume II 7" vinyl compilation on Out Of Touch Records.[https://www.thecoast.ca/TheScene/archives/2006/06/01/new-vinyl " New vinyl: Chris McCluskey goes around and around."] The Coast, By Chris McCluskey on Jun 1, 2006
Stein subsequently retired the SS Cardiacs name, and went on to join Miracle Fortress and to form a new band, The Luyas.
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Category:Musical groups established in 2004
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005
Category:Musical groups from Toronto
Category:Canadian indie rock groups