We love cub. They brought the world happiness with their jangley pop songs about sunflowers, chinchillas, and flaming red bobsleds. To commemorate the girls’ cuddlecore legacy, we've re-released their tightest, their meanest, and, sadly, their final record, Box of Hair.
We pretty well all agree that the teeth are bared and the claws are out on their third album. No more Miss Nice Cub? Whatever... It's twelve awesome pop songs made up good by producer Mass Giorgini that showcases Lisa, Lisa, and Robynn's most thoughtful, ferocious, and beautiful album.
released July 16, 1996
Lisa G - drums, backing vocals on "S.G." and "Mom and Dad", lead vocals on "Not What You Think"
Lisa Marr - lead vocals, bass, backing vocals
Robynn Iwata - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Way to Go"
Guest appearances:
Tracy - purrs on "Pillow Queen"
Dr. Rob Kozac - accordion on "Magic 8 Ball"
Tracy, Darryl and Mass - hand claps on "Magic 8 Ball"
Sean Thompson - musical saw on "Box of Hair"
Sexy Pierre - violin on "River Side"
Recorded in February and April of 1996 at the Miller Block, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Engineered by Darryl Neudorf and Mass Giorgini
Produced and mixed by Mass, Darryl and Cub
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE
Crush pop trio Cub formed in 1992 after vocalist/bassist Lisa Marr, guitarist Robynn Iwata, and drummer Valeria Fellini met while working at the college radio station of their alma mater, the University of British Columbia. Despite no prior musical experience -- throughout the band's first year, Iwata played live seated on the stage while looking at cheat sheets for chord progressions -- Cub's live shows (during which the group often tossed candy to the audience) won their unique brand of simple, infectious punk-pop a cult following on the Vancouver club circuit, and in October 1992 the trio issued their debut EP, Pep, on Mint Records, the Vancouver-based label co-owned by Iwata's brother Randy.
Following the release of Betti-Cola -- a superb collection of EP tracks and new recordings complete with a Josie and the Pussycats-styled cover by famed Archie Comics artist Dan DeCarlo -- Fellini left the band; she was replaced by drummer Lisa G., whom Marr met through the pages of the fanzine Self-Esteem Queen. After the release of 1994's Come Out, Come Out, Mint signed a distribution deal with the U.S. punk label Lookout!, which brought increased visibility to the release of 1996's edgier Box of Hair; Mauler, another collection of singles, followed in early 1997. On June 10 of that year, a series of three handwritten messages posted on the Mint Records website -- one from each member -- announced Cub's breakup. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
https://cubtheband.bandcamp.com/
Cub - Box of Hair
Cub - Box of Hair
