Joule was a hardcore band from Calgary, Alberta that existed from around 1994-1998 and then again from 2001-2005. At their earliest stages Joule was influenced by the D.I.Y hardcore scene in the states and France, with Devin citing bands like Julia and Finger Print as major influences. They captured the heart of the scene so perfectly; their handmade demo release contained a poignant political zine and patch with every copy.
Heartattack #9 Zine Review
In the later stage of the band Joule took on a keyboard player and a lot more influence from the ever popular white-belt scene at the time (Wolfnote etc), which shines through most clearly in the CDEP and unreleased sessions. Joule is a picture perfect encapsulation of the Calgary D.I.Y scene in the 90s and I am so very glad to have discovered them. I will link their Demo, CDEP and split tape with Dillinger here; but there is a lot more unreleased material that they have. Its going to be a bit of a WIP but hopefully I will also have that stuff linked here (or finally released!) soon.
P.S. Last night I had a great time chatting with Devin from Joule about his time in the 90s Calgary hardcore scene. It looks like Devin kept a lot of pictures, posters, zines and other memorabilia from the scene! He said he would be more than happy to let me dig though this stuff, so I might have a lot of cool things to archive down the line here!
It Is Always A Pleasure If Always Means Never CDEP 2003 (Core-Upt)
Demo Tape 1996
Dillinger Vs. Joul Split Tape
Core Upt Records Sampler
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