{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Collapsing Opposites | image = Collapsing Opposites @ The Western Front in East Vancouver (3405347078).jpg | alt = | caption = Collapsing Opposites live at the Western Front, East Vancouver - 27 March 2009 | image_size = | alias = | origin = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | genre = | years_active = {{Start date|2002}}–present | label = | associated_acts = They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Apollo Ghosts, Anni Rossi, The Wind Whistles, Bad Fate, Half Chinese, Brave Irene, Role Mach, Organ Trail, Ok Vancouver Ok, Unreliable Narrator, Greenbelt Collective, Better Friends Than Lovers, Bible Belts / Chris-a-riffic, Slight Birching, Synthcake. | website = {{URL|collapsingopposites.com}} | current_members = | past_members = Jason, Aaron, Enzio, Cody, Jarrett, Jessica, Sean, Chris, Patrick, Jeff, Geoff, Jason, Caitlin, Adam, Kristine, Tristan, Wenzel }}

'''Collapsing Opposites''' is an indie rock group and music project from Vancouver, British Columbia. It was founded in 2002 by artist and musician Ryan McCormick and has subsequently included over 18 different members.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}

==History== Collapsing Opposites released their first EP ''Demonstration''<ref>Elbe, Sean. [http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2006-1/issue2/ar-co.html "Music/Interview/Concert: A d.i.y. lullabye"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712213612/http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2006-1/issue2/ar-co.html |date=12 July 2007 }}, ''The Peak'', Burnaby, 16 January 2006.</ref> in 2002 and followed it up with five full-length albums including ''Sincerity/Sarcasm'' (2004), ''Mean Letters'' (2005),<ref name="Splendid">Lynn, Tyson. [http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=11165857161992010 "splendid > reviews"], ''[http://www.splendidezine.com/ "Splendid"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006233654/http://www.splendidezine.com/ |date=6 October 2014 }}'', 4 June 2005.</ref> ''Inside Chance'' (2007)<ref name="brokenpencil.com">Bonham, Karyn. [http://www.brokenpencil.com/view.php?id=4445 "Music Review: Collapsing Opposites, Inside Chance"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121014318/http://brokenpencil.com/view.php?id=4445 |date=21 November 2010 }}, ''Broken Pencil''.</ref><ref name="Collapsing Opposites">Brown, Mono. [http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2007/02/01/collapsing-opposites-3/ "Collapsing Opposites"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062958/http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2007/02/01/collapsing-opposites-3/ |date=19 July 2011 }}, ''Discorder'', Vancouver, 1 February 2007.</ref> ''In Time'' (2010),<ref name="Weird Canada">Lawton, Paul. [http://weirdcanada.com/2010/02/review-collapsing-opposites-in-time/ "Review :: Collapsing Opposites - In Time"], ''[http://weirdcanada.com/ "Weird Canada"]'', 8 February 2010.</ref><ref name="beatroute.ca">Candela, Andrew. [http://www.beatroute.ca/view_archived_article.php?id=61&sectionID=15&articleID=2718 "It ain't fiction, but a natural fact"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721000241/http://www.beatroute.ca/view_archived_article.php?id=61&sectionID=15&articleID=2718 |date=21 July 2011 }}, ''BeatRoute'', Vancouver.</ref><ref name="discorder.ca">Dickson, Claire. [http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2009/11/30/collapsing-opposites-2/ "Collapsing Opposites"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228043342/http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2009/11/30/collapsing-opposites-2/ |date=28 December 2010 }} ''Discorder'', Vancouver, 30 November 2009.</ref> and ''Real Moving'' (2011). The group has also released one other EP (''The Story of the Rocks'' in 2008<ref name="exclaim.ca">Hughes, Josiah. [http://exclaim.ca/News/collapsing_opposites_carry_on_they_shoot_horses_legacy "Collapsing Opposites Carry On They Shoot Horses Legacy, Release EP, Tour Canada"], ''Exclaim!'', 3 July 2008.</ref>), two compilations (''Microchips Implanted in Your Brain'' in 2005 and ''Music and Words'' in 2007) and a split 7" record with the band Bible Belts in 2008.

The band's 2007 album ''Inside Chance'' reached number 16 on the Canadian National Campus and Community Radio charts;<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=101&dWeekOfID=2007-04-10 "Top 50"], !earshot, 10 April 2007</ref> ''In Time'' reached number 37<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=101&dWeekOfID=2010-05-18 "Top 50"], !earshot, 18 May 2010.</ref> and ''Mean Letters'' reached number 128.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2005/July/top200.html "Top 200"], !earshot, July 2005.</ref> The band has been covered in a variety of sources such as ''Exclaim!'',<ref name="exclaim.ca"/> ''BeatRoute'',<ref name="beatroute.ca"/> ''The Georgia Straight'',<ref name="straight.com">Varty, Alexander. [https://www.straight.com/article-229532/music-waste-aims-make-city-fun-again "Music Waste aims to make Vancouver fun again"], ''The Georgia Straight'', Vancouver, 11 June 2009.</ref> ''Front Magazine'',<ref name="Front Magazine">Hatfield, Laura. "Whose Museum", ''[http://front.bc.ca/frontmagazine "Front Magazine"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103183846/http://front.bc.ca/frontmagazine |date=3 January 2007 }}'', Western Front Society, Vancouver, March/April 2009.</ref><ref name="front.bc.ca">Hatfield, Laura. "Object for Passive Light Show / Four on the Floor Projects", ''[http://front.bc.ca/frontmagazine "Front Magazine"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103183846/http://front.bc.ca/frontmagazine |date=3 January 2007 }}'', Western Front Society, Vancouver, September/October 2009.</ref> ''Tom Tom Magazine'',<ref name="tomtom">{{cite web|url=http://tomtommag.com/blog/?p=2189 |title=Drum Kit Gallery: Four on the Floor Projects |publisher=Tom Tom Magazine |date=28 November 2009}}</ref> ''Discorder'',<ref name="Collapsing Opposites"/><ref name="discorder.ca"/><ref name="Hatfield, Laura 2008">"Hatfield, Laura. How Many Art Projects Can You Fit in a Mini-van?", ''Discorder'', Vancouver, November 2008.</ref><ref name="Safe Amplification Site Society">Yow, Jordie. [http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2009/06/30/safe-amplification-site-society/ "Safe Amplification Site Society"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731232433/http://discorder.ca/discorder-magazine/index.php/2009/06/30/safe-amplification-site-society |date=31 July 2009 }}, ''Discorder'', Vancouver, 30 June 2009.</ref> ''Weird Canada'',<ref name="Weird Canada"/> ''Splendid Ezine'',<ref name="Splendid"/> and ''Broken Pencil''.<ref name="brokenpencil.com"/>

Members of Collapsing Opposites have collaborated with other art and music projects such as Whose Museum,<ref name="Front Magazine"/><ref name="Hatfield, Laura 2008"/> Music Waste,<ref name="straight.com"/> Four on the Floor Projects<ref name="front.bc.ca"/><ref name="tomtom" /> and the Safe Amplification Site Society.<ref name="Safe Amplification Site Society"/>

== Discography == <ref>[http://collapsingopposites.com/music.htm "Music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813214734/http://www.collapsingopposites.com/music.htm |date=13 August 2010 }}, [http://collapsingopposites.com/ "Collapsing Opposites &#91;official website&#93;"].</ref> * ''Demonstration'' (CD-R EP) (Independent) (2002) * ''Sincerity / Sarcasm'' (CD-R album) (Independent) (2004) * ''Mean Letters'' (CD album) (Independent) (2005) * ''Microchips Implanted in Your Brain'' (CD-R compilation) (Independent) (2005) * ''Inside Chance'' (CD album) ([http://www.myspace.com/localkidsmakegood Local Kids Make Good Records]) (Independent) (2007) * ''Music and Words'' (Cassette compilation) (French Immersion Records) (2007) * ''The Story of the Rocks'' (MP3 EP) (Independent) (2008) * ''The Cost of Music'' (7-inch single split with Bible Belts) ([http://needsmoreram.com/ Needs More Ram Records]) (2008) * ''In Time'' (12" LP/MP3 album) (Independent) (2010) * ''Real Moving'' (Cassette/MP3 album) (Radical Clatter) (2011)

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