{{Short description|Canadian indie rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = | name = SS Cardiacs | image_size = | alias = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Indie rock | years_active = {{Start date|2004}}–{{end date|2005}} | label = Blocks, Out Of Touch | website = | current_members = | past_members = Jessie Stein<br />Andy Lloyd<br />Dana Snell<br />Leon Taheny<br />Mike Small<br />Owen Pallett<ref name="Middles2012">{{cite book|author=Mick Middles|title=Arcade Fire: Behind the Black Mirror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTYDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102|date=1 June 2012|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-773-0|page=102}}</ref> }}
'''SS Cardiacs''' was a Canadian indie rock band, briefly active in the early 2000s.<ref name=now>Sarah Liss. [https://nowtoronto.com/music/cardiacs-attack/ "Cardiacs Attack"]. ''Now'', May 26, 2005.</ref> It consisted of Jessie Stein on vocals and guitar, Andy Lloyd on bass, and Dana Snell on drums.<ref name=Kolasky>{{cite web |url=https://www.wavelengthmusic.ca/the-luyas-animator-record-release-w-fiver-the-riderless-the-garrison-new-venue/ |title=The S.S. Cardiacs |last= Kolasky |first= Sarah |date= May 1, 2004 |website=Wavelength Toronto|publisher=Wavelength Music|access-date=April 18, 2015}}</ref>
==History== SS Cardiacs formed in Toronto in 2004. They performed as part of Canada Music Week in March, 2005.<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canadian_music_week-toronto_on "Canadian Music Week Toronto ON March 2 to 5, 2005"]. ''Exclaim'', Apr 01, 2005 </ref> That year the band released its sole album, ''Fear the Love'', on Blocks in 2005. Stein's brother, José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right, also participated in the album's recording.<ref name=now /> ''Fear the Love'' appeared on the !earshot campus and community radio chart in June.<ref>[http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2005/July/top200.html "National Top 200 chart"]. ''!earshot Campus and Community Radio Report'', June 2005 </ref>
Shortly after the album's release, Lloyd and Snell left the band due to internal tensions,<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/cardiacs-attack/ "Cardiacs Attack"]. ''NOW Toronto'', Sarah Liss, May 26, 2005</ref> and Stein instead toured to support the album with a lineup that included Leon Taheny, The Meligrove Band's Mike Small<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/12/the-meligrove-band-interview_n_6212036.html "Six Degrees Of The Meligrove Band: How They're Connected To Almost Every Canadian Indie Act Ever"]. Aaron Brophy, ''Huffington Post Canada'', 12/12/2014</ref> and keyboardist Owen Pallett.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/ss_cardiacs-fear_love "SS Cardiacs Fear the Love"]. ''Exclaim!'', July 2005.</ref><ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-completely-biased-ranking-of-the-60-best-canadian-indie-rock-songs-of-the-00s-part-i/ "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part I"]. ''Noisy''.</ref> With a more robust sound, the group released one last track entitled "Oh No!" via the ''Volume II'' 7" vinyl compilation on Out Of Touch Records.<ref>[https://www.thecoast.ca/TheScene/archives/2006/06/01/new-vinyl " New vinyl: Chris McCluskey goes around and around."] ''The Coast'', By Chris McCluskey on Jun 1, 2006</ref>
Stein subsequently retired the SS Cardiacs name, and went on to join Miracle Fortress and to form a new band, The Luyas.
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