The Brigade started as project between four friends, Robert Haughey, Justin… Read Full Bio ↴The Brigade started as project between four friends, Robert Haughey, Justin Myler, Adam Peterson, and Dave Molinaro. In the summer of 2007 the Brigade added a fifth member, Bryan Ward, who added a whole new dimension to the group, and helped complete the sound the Brigade was aiming for. They have prided themselves on a live performance that might just be the aural and visual equivalent to that final scene from the dystopian classic Soylent Green, when Charlton Heston’s character finally realizes that they’ve been eating each other all along.
Although the Brigade’s inspiration comes from an eclectic mix of many artists and so many different types of music, their muse is more abstract. It could be said that the drug induced children’s programming of the early 1980’s, overexposure to video game soundtracks, and the years spent partying in the bowels of dead end suburban cul-de-sacs might have had an influence on their song writing. The final result are songs that range from drunken art-rock sea shanties, to juxtaposing moments of quiet contemplation with percussive assaults akin to the sound of a small army of wild animals taking back land that was rightfully theirs.
In December of 2007, the band gathered in the East end of Toronto to record their first EP with Ryan Mills at Sleepytown Sound (Born Ruffians, The Most Serene Republic, Fox Jaws) and was mastered by Ryan at Joao Carvalho Mastering. In their short time together BHB have played along side such internationally known acts as Handsome Furs (Montreal), Snowden (U.S), Forward Russia (U.K.), Ungdomskulen (Norway), and Land of Talk (Montreal). They have also played popular music festivals such as "Pop Montreal", "Canadian Music Week" and "North by North East".
Although the Brigade’s inspiration comes from an eclectic mix of many artists and so many different types of music, their muse is more abstract. It could be said that the drug induced children’s programming of the early 1980’s, overexposure to video game soundtracks, and the years spent partying in the bowels of dead end suburban cul-de-sacs might have had an influence on their song writing. The final result are songs that range from drunken art-rock sea shanties, to juxtaposing moments of quiet contemplation with percussive assaults akin to the sound of a small army of wild animals taking back land that was rightfully theirs.
In December of 2007, the band gathered in the East end of Toronto to record their first EP with Ryan Mills at Sleepytown Sound (Born Ruffians, The Most Serene Republic, Fox Jaws) and was mastered by Ryan at Joao Carvalho Mastering. In their short time together BHB have played along side such internationally known acts as Handsome Furs (Montreal), Snowden (U.S), Forward Russia (U.K.), Ungdomskulen (Norway), and Land of Talk (Montreal). They have also played popular music festivals such as "Pop Montreal", "Canadian Music Week" and "North by North East".
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Blalock's Indie/Rock Playlist: Best of 09
Black Hat Brigade Lyrics
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@realverse5532
This mixtape was my entire teenage years. I remember listening to it for the first time laying in my bed while i should be sleeping to wake up for school the next day. I watched waking life for the first time and i felt in love with that movie. Linklater led me to Phillip Dick, my favorite author to date. And the beautiful world of lucid dreams.
"I had a friend once who told me that the worst mistake that you can make is to think that you are alive, when really you're asleep in life's waiting room. The trick is to combine your waking rational habilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams; cause if you can do that you can do anything.
Ever had a job that you hated? Worked really hard at? Finally get to go home, get in bed, close your eyes, and immediately you wake up and realize that the whole day at work had been a dream.
It's sad enough that you are selling your waking life for a minimum wage, but now they get your dreams for free"
@theblalockisabella
I almost had a come apart because I tried to find these on the website and I couldn't, but they're here. <3 I used to download the whole BIRP! playlists and fave mixtapes on my blue ipod nano and then sit outside in the sun with my dogs and just listen.
@BIRP
So cool to see comments like this and see that people are still looking for these old mixes. I put together this spreadsheet of all the old ones here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_PXFWN9bB7FHoE1Gul2Rjy5iPs7g2dEB3FagXvSQrCw/
@theblalockisabella
@@BIRP Still listening in 2022... this is a good new years mixtape. Thank you for everything.
@mferrentino3457
This meant everything to me then and it still does THANK YOU
@kiss4god
real hipsters know. birp FOREVER. bring mixtapes back!!!
@dan.dexlion
This was my fave mixtape back when it first came out. So many memories listening to this, wowzer
@meghancook8569
Thank you so much for posting this. I listened to this on a loop when I was 15 and I’ve been searching for it for 13 years.
@BIRP
Welcome back! 😊
@viciousandchaotic
I really hope you upload more of these, they were so good. I remember listening to them on repeat as a youngster.