artist Sublingual

Sublingual, known to many from their rooftop band practices above Patrick Sheehans Pub in downtown St. Catharines released their first single to the public today. The compact disc, entitled simply enough, Wishful, contains four new recordings that were previously only available on the internet at www.mp3.com/sublingual and one completely new recording, the title track, Wishful.

To discover the roots of Sublingual, you have to look back to the summer of 1992. Fueled by the Toronto/Hamilton punk scene that was then spilling over into Niagara, four young musicians (Matthew Fogel, Frank Erhardt, Quinn McColgan and Craig Collins) started Souracid. They practiced everyday after work in Matthew's parent’s garage covering the Sex Pistols in earnest. After a summer of rehearsals, they made their debut at St. Catharines' famous basement club, The Hideaway. With college and university starting, and two of the members heading to schools out of town, Souracid disbanded shortly after.

Now, the songwriting team behind that little punk band that could have reunited to bring you Sublingual, the spiritual child of Souracid. Singer/songwriters Matthew Fogel, Frank Erhardt, Jeffrey Rossetto and Mike Curran collaborate to create ambient influenced guitar rock!