The Sainte Catherines - Dancing for Decadence 10-Year Anniversary

A decade ago, we released The Sainte Catherines’ Dancing for Decadence album, the only record on FAT from a French-Canadian band. If you missed out on this unique, killer record the first time around, get with it by watching the videos below, or listen to the album on Spotify. And now, with the band reuniting to play Dancing for Decadence in its entirety this year, this is your chance to make amends. We’ve done a one-time re-pressing on red vinyl, strictly limited to 548 copies. The band will be selling it at their merch table at Pouzza Fest this coming weekend and at their other upcoming shows this Summer. Or you can order it from us, right now. As a special bonus, this pressing of the LP comes with a download card for the complete album demos, along with a clutch of live tracks. Now, read what Hugo Mudie, The Sainte Catherines’ vocalist, has to say about this decade-old masterpiece:

This is THE album that we are proud of and that we are remembered for. We wanted to do a pissed off record about what we discovered through the years about the punk rock scene. It was really a “fuck you” album and then it became our most popular one, which is kind of funny. Here in Québec, Fat Wreck is very respected and Fat Mike is like God. People couldn’t understand that a band from Québec were now part of that. It was funny to us, cuz we come from a very different place, more of a DIY, old school, squat scene. For us it was new and weird to see the sea of Lagwagon t-shirts at our shows right after the release was announced. But believe me, we loved every second of it. We had fun with it and we are very grateful to have been part of it for a little while. Playing those songs again live will be amazing! It’s gonna bring me back to a time where nothing else in the world existed. It was me and the boys against the world and this was the soundtrack. We were hungry and angry and better looking. We were high on drugs and low on cash, but damn it was fun. I would do it all over again. That’s pretty much what we’ll do this summer playing the album front to back. High on love and not as low on cash… with our kids waiting at home…