The summer is already killing us and the music of Toronto's three-guitar, five-piece Sadoceanspacebear commiserates; it sweats with you, it melts with you, it wanders with you from sultry rooftop to smoky patio to beautiful parkland to gritty downtown streets. Sadoceanspacebear are doing it for themselves, they are doing it for love and they are doing it on their own Aliengirl imprint. Crayons at the ready, the intrepid Michelle Breslin and Steve Keeping let loose with an informational assault on mild-mannered interviewer Tim Jones.

WHO IS SADOCEANSPACEBEAR? WHAT DO THEY DO, AND WHY?
We are first and foremost lovers of a lot of different kinds of music, and we love to play. I think that we have a close connection to each other, and we like to communicate to each other musically. We like to just space out, and then we like to wander off and just get really heavy, and then we like to put pretty melodies together, and then we all just want to rock because we need that to centre us again. It's really a band that is about the players. Michelle Breslin on guitar and vocals, Roan Bateman on guitar and vocals, Melissa Boraski on guitar and vocals, Steve Keeping on drums, Warren Phillips on Bass guitar. There are some different players on the record including Michelle's dad, Ron, Dallas Wehrle, Al Miller, and Rudy Rempel.

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF SADOCEANSPACEBEAR?
Three of us began playing together as It's Patrick. When that ended we decided to form a different kind of band from the ground up. The original line-up recorded some sessions at the Gas Station with Dale Morningstar. When Al and Rudy had to move on, we began looking for other like-minded musicians who had more time to work on the new material. A while later we returned to the studio (the Woodshed), this time with Roan, Michelle, Steve and our friend Dallas Wehrle on bass. Shortly after those sessions we had to give Dallas back to the Constantines who were going on tour (he had been sitting in during some down time). We needed to find someone permanent so that we could start booking more shows and that's where Warren stepped in. A little while later Michelle met Melissa through her day job. She fit in beautifully and completed the current line-up, and that brings us up to date.

WHAT -CORE IS SADOCEANSPACEBEAR?
Dirtpoor-core.

IF YOU COULD MAKE ONE PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE HEAR YOUR MUSIC, WHO WOULD THAT PERSON BE?
Well, I'd prefer him to listen to it on his own, but Joe Meek.

IF SADOCEANSPACEBEAR WERE AN ICE CREAM FLAVOUR, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY.
Neopolitan: there are three distinct flavours that mix beautifully.

WHO DESIGNED YOUR NEW RECORD'S COVER ART, AND WHAT ELSE HAVE THEY DONE? IT'S LOVELY.
Roan one of the guitar players did the paintings on both the back and the front and inside. He and Michelle did the layout together. He's done a lot of paintings this year. He also designed some stuff for Undersee Recordings (www.underseerec.com). He's doing some art for Bill Lasovich's upcoming release. We all do some design stuff; take a look at www.aliengirlrecords.com.

HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR BAND STANDS OUT FROM EVERY OTHER BAND IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC?
Nobody will ever think of having the same name.

WOULD BLACK FLAG LIKE SADOCEANSPACEBEAR?
There is only one way to answer that: Um, why wouldn't they?