''Never Mind the Molluscs'' is a compilation EP released in 1993 on

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. Released as part of the

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movement of the early 1990s, the EP featured four songs by emerging

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bands from Halifax,

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and

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.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, (2011) '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. (10th anniversary ed.)

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. . p. 475. Two of the featured bands, Jale and

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, were signed directly to Sub Pop, while Sloan were signed to

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;"VARIOUS ARTISTS: Never Mind the Molluscs". ''

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'', April 17, 1993. the fourth band, Idée du Nord, were the only contributors to the compilation who never became widely known outside of the Maritime scene. Eric's Trip contributed a medley of two separate songs, "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother", to the album. Sloan later covered "Smother" for the Geffen Records compilation album ''

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''; their version recombined "Smother" into a medley with a different Eric's Trip song, "Stove" from the album ''

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''.

Track listing

# Sloan, "Pillow Fight" # Jale, "Lung" #

, "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother" # Idée du Nord, "Iodine Eyes"

References

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