From This Day Forward

This is my lucky first find of Winnipeg’s emo outputs. This band was a sister band to Grace Like Winter, but they were really poppy emo, like later Keepsake. They really weren’t around for long (May 1999 to 2000), and their split with Grace Like Winter pretty much features every song recorded for what I read. They were supposed to only have recorded four songs, three of which were meant for the split, and in the end the split featured four songs. I am unaware of any compilations they could have been on. The split, Amongst Rusted Heart, is the only release by Raising the Roof Records. The band disbanded when Matt decided to focus only on Every New Day, leading Andy to also leave.

From This Day Forward Split

P.S. This post needs a make-over. If you were in the band or know how to reach members from the band, please post a comment. I will get in touch with you.

Endless Fight

Endless Fight was formed in 2004 in Winkler, Manitoba (later stapled as a Winnipeg band, not sure if they moved there or only because it was close to Winkler). They had a demo, which i unfortunately never heard. They then self-released their ep “Call on Defeat”, and started to tour the west coast of Canada. They were picked up by Spook City Records, and released their full length “Back to the Front” in 2006. They were then set to tour through-out the states, but were denied access twice. This set the band back quite a bit, and some months later they had broken up.

Endless Fight on Myspace
Endless Fight Discography

P.S. This post needs a make-over. If you were in the band or know how to reach members from the band, please post a comment. I will get in touch with you.

Grace Like Winter

Grace Like Winter was one of Winnipeg’s best band, in my opinion. So far i keep being blown away with bands from Manitoba, (a scene which I am still not too familiar with, but seems to be very religiously inclined, not that it would change my view on how good the music is). This band did an extremely melodic type of hardcore, with two female vocalists, and piano at some points.

They formed in 1998, originally planned as a one night stand band for a party. After playing some shows with original songs they did a six song demo cdr in August 1999. Later that year they would record four songs, which would become their split with From This Day Forth, entitled “Amongst Rusted Hearts” released on Raising the Roof Records in May 2000. This would also be the labels only release. This however did bring the attention of the band to a wider audience, and landed them a load of shows, including an eastern Canada tour. It was at this point that the band would also make their only two compilation appearances, both songs coming from the split. The first was “Songs from the Salad Bar, Volume 2″ from Salad Dressing Records, and the last was the well known “Until the 9th Hour” from Flame Resistant magazine, which had a load of well known hardcore bands.

Grace Like Winter went under during the 2000-2001 winter, but did come back for the summer, and would record their final output, The Red EP in August 2001. The band switched some members but vanished naturally in September 2002. Their material is quite hard to find, and I don’t even know how many copies of their releases exist. I’d love to get my hands on physical copies though!

I don’t have their ’99 demo, so if any of you guys have it, I would be super happy if you could post a download link in a comment.

Grace Like Winter Myspace
Grace Like Winter Discography

Officer Down

This is my first post on a band from Manitoba. These guys were from Steinbach. And I love them! They had these incredibly melodic parts on their hardcore, something I can’t seem to pin point in any other band.

The band formed in 1997 and recorded a demo, which was already well talked about. They were contacted by Goodfellow Records, which would be the labels very first release, a split 7″ with Puritan in 1997. Later that year they also appeared on the labels compilation “The Difference Between Us”. The song would also appear on the bands only album “Subversive Paradigm”. A total masterpiece.

They were set to record an ep in late 1999, but I don’t think they got that far. If anyone knows if the recordings are around… I don’t have the pleasure of having the demo, so if you know where I could get a copy of it, or even just mp3s, I would be super thrilled!

Officer Down Discography