# Collapsing Opposites

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{{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
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| caption         = Collapsing Opposites live at the Western Front, East Vancouver - 27 March 2009
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| alias           =
| origin          = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada
| genre           =
| years_active    = {{Start date|2002}}–present
| label           =
| associated_acts = [They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](/source/They_Shoot_Horses%2C_Don't_They%3F_(band)), [Apollo Ghosts](/source/Apollo_Ghosts), [Anni Rossi](/source/Anni_Rossi), [The Wind Whistles](/source/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](/source/indie_rock) group and [music](/source/music) project from [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/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](/source/Extended_play) ''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](/source/The_Peak_(newspaper))'', Burnaby, 16 January 2006.</ref> in 2002 and followed it up with five [full-length albums](/source/Album) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BeatRoute_(newspaper))'', 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](/source/Discorder)'', Vancouver, 30 November 2009.</ref> and ''Real Moving'' (2011). The group has also released one other [EP](/source/Extended_play) (''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!](/source/Exclaim!)'', 3 July 2008.</ref>), two [compilations](/source/Compilation_album) (''Microchips Implanted in Your Brain'' in 2005 and ''Music and Words'' in 2007) and a [split](/source/Split_album) [7" record](/source/7-inch_single) 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](/source/!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](/source/!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](/source/!earshot), July 2005.</ref> The band has been covered in a variety of sources such as ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'',<ref name="exclaim.ca"/> ''[BeatRoute](/source/BeatRoute_(newspaper))'',<ref name="beatroute.ca"/> ''[The Georgia Straight](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tom_Tom_Magazine) |date=28 November 2009}}</ref> ''[Discorder](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Discorder)'', Vancouver, 30 June 2009.</ref> ''Weird Canada'',<ref name="Weird Canada"/> ''Splendid Ezine'',<ref name="Splendid"/> and ''[Broken Pencil](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/CD-R) [EP](/source/Extended_play)) (Independent) (2002)
* ''Sincerity / Sarcasm'' ([CD-R](/source/CD-R) [album](/source/album)) (Independent) (2004)
* ''Mean Letters'' ([CD](/source/CD) [album](/source/album)) (Independent) (2005)
* ''Microchips Implanted in Your Brain'' ([CD-R](/source/CD-R) [compilation](/source/Compilation_album)) (Independent) (2005)
* ''Inside Chance'' ([CD](/source/CD) [album](/source/album)) ([http://www.myspace.com/localkidsmakegood Local Kids Make Good Records]) (Independent) (2007)
* ''Music and Words'' ([Cassette](/source/Cassette_tape) [compilation](/source/Compilation_album)) (French Immersion Records) (2007)
* ''The Story of the Rocks'' ([MP3](/source/MP3) [EP](/source/Extended_play)) (Independent) (2008)
* ''The Cost of Music'' ([7-inch single](/source/7-inch_single) [split](/source/Split_album) with Bible Belts) ([http://needsmoreram.com/ Needs More Ram Records]) (2008)
* ''In Time'' ([12" LP](/source/LP_record)/[MP3](/source/MP3) [album](/source/album)) (Independent) (2010)
* ''Real Moving'' ([Cassette](/source/Cassette_tape)/[MP3](/source/MP3) [album](/source/album)) (Radical Clatter) (2011)

== References ==
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