Shoestrings found its songs a way onto a good number of compilation albums. The most iconic of these compilations is 1996's Pop American Style which helped highlight and cement some of the 90s' best underground indie pop groups. Vancouver's cub was one of those groups.
cub formed in 1992 with Lisa Marr (bass, vocals), Robynn Iwata (guitar, vocals), and Valeria Fellini (drums, vocals). In essence, they were punk. But, their songs played at a laid back pace and featured Marr's high-pitched voice singing simple, playful, and honest songs. The mood of the band mixed a childlike innocence and imagination, an unabashed femininity, a melancholy optimism, and raw cool that all might seem incongruous in writing but can only make you smile when you listen to them. Although punk, they were so superficially different from what most people hear as punk that their brand of music was dubbed "cuddlecore" and seen as an offshoot of twee pop.
They started recording right away in the lo-fi fashion and were a favorite in the Vancouver indie scene. Their debut full-length Betti-Cola came out in 1993 as more of a compilation album that gathered most of their recordings from their first three EPs. It featured cover art by legendary Archie artist and Josie and The Pussycats creator Dan DeCarlo.
Here is the discography surrounding cub's debut album:
Pep (1992 EP)
Hot Dog Day (1993 EP)
The Mint Is A Terrible Thing to Taste (1993 compilation song)
Betti-Cola (1993 Double EP)
Betti-Cola
Volcano (1994 single)
Periscope: Another Yoyo Compilation (1994 compilation song)
13 Soda Punx (1994 compilation song)
All Kindsa Girls Vol. 2 (1994 compilation songs)
Johnny Hanson Presents... Puck Rock Vol. 1 (1994 compilation song)
"Nicolas Bragg" by cub
cub Live at Hastings Community Center in Vancouver, 1993
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