Three years after graduation, they left the station, and founded Mint Records in January, 1991 to release the music of up-and-coming bands in Vancouver.
[1] One of their earliest successes was a band called cub who, alongside Bunnygrunt and labelmates Maow, helped pioneer the vein of indie pop known as cuddlecore.
[17] It was later shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2006,[18] while Pitchfork Media placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.
magazine and CBC Radio 3, Mint Records mounted a cross-Canada tour called the "Exclaim!
with headliners The New Pornographers along with Immaculate Machine and Novillero (except the final show in Vancouver, which featured Young and Sexy and Bella).