Counterparts

Ex-Counterparts Member Jesse Doreen Launches Ambient Project Glass Mask, Discusses the Importance of His Indigenous Identity

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2020

Since leaving the Hamilton metalcore band Counterparts in 2016, Jesse Doreen has had a fruitful and unpredictable career. First came the dr...

Counterparts Are Not as Miserable as You'd Think on 'Nothing Left to Love'

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

When listeners hear Counterparts' new album, Nothing Left to Love, many will presume that vocalist Brendan Murphy is objectively miserable....

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Canadian Albums of the 2010s

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019

After the CanRock explosion of the 1990s and indelible contributions to the 2000s golden age of indie, Canadians' musical output at-large t...

Counterparts

Nothing Left to Love

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

Brendan Murphy and his roster of melodic hardcore masterminds have been haunted by past since their initial first wave of success. This yea...

Stray From the Path Announce New Album 'Internal Atomics'

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2019

Nearly two years on from releasing their Only Death Is Real album, Stray From the Path have announced details of a follow-up effort. The L...

Counterparts Detail New Album 'Nothing Left to Love'

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2019

Hamilton metalcore outfit Counterparts have announced plans for their upcoming sixth studio album. The record is titled Nothing Left to Lov...

No Warning Return and Propagandhi Rule: 2017 in Canadian Hardcore

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2017

Anger is always in vogue, but this was an especially momentous year for punk and hardcore, bearing witness to some of the most boundary pus...

Counterparts Get Positive on 'You're Not You Anymore'

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2017

Hamilton hardcore band Counterparts have gone through a lot of change since 2015's Tragedy Will Find Us — primarily the departure of foundi...