Seoul City Suicides (Upstone & Proulx 2010)

Seoul City Suicides "What?" you say
Gonna rock and roll 'till the final day
Just like Gonzo, out with a blast
Have a good time, while it lasts

Everybody's doing the hangman's dance
Everybody's doing the tieburn jig
Swinging free from the gallows pole
Kill yourself for rock and roll

Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three
Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three

Suicide is painless if you don't use razor blades
Suicide is easy, sleep with hand grenades
Kurt and Gonzo blew out their fuckin' heads
Suicide is easy when you're dying in your bed

Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three
Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three

Free… Falling
Free… Falling
Free… Falling

Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three
Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three
Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three
Seoul City Suicides follow me
Everybody's jumping from the sixty-three

Seoul City Suicides (Demo Mix)

Passing Through (Demo Mix)

Devil's On 10 (Demo Mix)

Goliad (Demo Mix)

Honouring the great hockey player Maurice Richard (1921-2000) of the Montreal Canadiens (The Habs). Lyrics by Marc "Go Habs, Go!" Proulx:

Rocket Richard, warrior eyes, ignite the passion set the city on fire
Rocket Richard, and the believers carried a torch for steel and ice
Rocket Richard, started a riot, saviour on skates from a frozen pond
Rocket Richard, it's a religion, spill some blood, fight, fight, fight

In hockey nation, lamb became a lion
In hockey nation, lamb became a lion

Rocket Richard, warrior eyes, ignite the passion set the city on fire
Rocket Richard, and the believers carried a torch for steel and ice
Rocket Richard, started a riot, saviour on skates from a frozen pond
Rocket Richard, it's a religion, spill some blood, fight, fight, fight

In hockey nation, lamb became a lion
In hockey nation, lamb became a lion

Le hockey pour les Canadiens Francais
C'est plus qu'une passion le hockey pour nous autres
C'est une criss de religion
 
In hockey nation, lamb became a lion
In hockey nation, lamb became a lion

Rocket Richard (Demo Mix)

8-Legged Woman (Demo Mix)

Spiral Staircase (Demo Mix)

Ascent (Demo Mix)

Solitaire Love Affair was formed in Seoul in the fall of 2008 by Garan and Marc (http://soundcloud.com/saintjohnthegambler) and Simon (The Bellows). They were joined by Cooper (The Tearjerks) on drums, with additional guitars by Mangano, and Achilles on keys. After a few shows with this 'rock' line up SLA changed their musical direction and added synths and drum machines to their heavily effected sound and became a four-piece band. Cooper departed for the US and was briefly replaced by CarysMatic and then by Zach permanently filling the drummer's seat. Greg Hanford also joined briefly on additional live guitars.

SLA played electronic indie-rock shows (and some acoustic shows) across Seoul in Itaewon and Hongdae to mostly confused audiences. The debut album was recorded at Bubblegum Studio by Hyun Ho, however the band split up in early 2011 and the album has yet to be finally mixed and released. The rough mixes here were done by Zach at home. Garan, Simon, and Zach continue to make music in Seoul. Marc returned to Canada to become a magician, and to watch real hockey games live. Will Solitaire Love Affair ever grace the stage again?... well...

Solitaire Love Affair were:

Zach Bardon (Live Drums)
Garan Fitzgerald (Bass & Effects, Backing Vocals)
Marc Proulx (Vocals, Live Synths, Card Magic)
http://soundcloud.com/simon-upstone (Guitars, Synths & Drum Programming, Backing Vocals)
