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North Of America is a Canadian post-hardcore band formed in 1997 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Though only lasting until 2003 in their initial run, the band toured around much of North America and Europe, and even after their initial breakup, reunited to play around Canada many times, including with Ted Leo and The Pharmacists. Past and current members now currently live in Halifax and Vancouver, and included in it's initial lineup, Michael Catano, Mark Mullane, J. La Pointe and Mark Colavecchia. Jim MacAlpine would replace LaPointe in 2003 after the release of Brothers, Sisters.
If you're a fan of much of late 90s/2000s indie-emo and post-hardcore, with bands such as The Van Pelt, Modest Mouse, Milemarker and Q And Not U (and yes, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists). Halifax (and the general New England/Atlantic Canada area) had such a booming music scene for this kind of music back in this era, and some of these bands deserve a little more love. North of America's full discography was uploaded a few years back so you can look for that, here's some links to their Bandcamp page and more, if you'd like to support them:
Pic credit: from Exclaim! Please tell me who the photographer is; author of article is Josiah Hughes.
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