Doomed City is a 4-track EP about living in a city that's slowly erasing itself. Part love letter, part eulogy to Toronto. Skate-punk speed with social commentary on isolation, consumption, and the slow death of community.
Mixed by Devon Lougheed at SuperBonBon Sound. Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering.
A 4-track EP about living in a city that's slowly erasing itself. Part love letter, part eulogy to Toronto. Skate-punk speed with social commentary on isolation, consumption, and the slow death of community.
Mixed by Devon Lougheed at SuperBonBon Sound. Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering.
Doomed City confirms The Bare Minimum as torchbearers for a particular strain of intelligent trash-punk that values wit and energy in equal measure... For a band whose very name suggests lowered expectations, they're doing considerably more than the minimum required.
Indie Dock Music Blog
Ten minutes of pure, unfiltered punk energy that proves you don't need a major label or a massive runtime to make an impact.
Lelahel Metal
Doomed City packs all the dynamics, groove, power, and melody you need from a modern punk rock band.
Thoughts Words Action
Doomed City wraps around your listening apparatus like a boa constrictor coiling around its prey.
Thoughts Words Action
It's a raw, high-voltage explosion of sound and attitude. Doomed City isn't just an EP; it's a rebellion in motion.
Biography Web
The band turns tiredness, absurdity, and anger into a wild party that celebrates staying strong in a city that is about to fall apart.
Hype Hub Magazine
They sound like a group of friends who've accepted that perfection is overrated and that the real art lies in persistence.
Rockera Magazine
Inspired by Nicolas Cage's nouveau shamanism acting method, UNCAGED is intense, eccentric, and often unpredictable. Blending snarky humour with an energetic and raucous sound, The Bare Minimum trade in their punk points and embrace the surrealism of post-internet irony.
Mixed by Devon Lougheed at SuperBonBon Sound. Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering.
Nicolas Cage has a method of acting he calls 'Nouveau Shamanism', where he takes the physical expressiveness of the silent era of film and applies it to modern filmmaking. We kinda wanted to do this with this EP by exaggerating the concepts of his movies and escaping the trappings of literalism.Cam Gray, The Other Side Reviews
During the COVID lockdowns I was experiencing writer's block and watching a lot of Nicolas Cage movies. So as an exercise, I wrote a song about each movie I watched. I never intended to play or record them.Cam Gray, Punk Head
I want people listening to this EP to be unsure if we are cool or cringe, in the same way people who watch Nicolas Cage movies are.Cam Gray, Punk Head
Is A Gateway Drug offers more than you could even imagine from a melodic punk rock album. Check out this release because it rips from scratch to finish.
Thoughts Words Action
The Bare Minimum keep their activities as prolific as possible, and with Is A Gateway Drug, they're paving their way to melodic punk rock stardom.
Thoughts Words Action
The Bare Minimum have delivered the most solid punk rock release I have heard this year. If you aren't completely sold on punk rock yet, The Bare Minimum are the kind of band that deal the energy and aggression whilst simultaneously pounding out non-stop hooks.
Cauteriser
Short, intensely melodic punk rock with an irreverent, traditionalist take. A nice little rager from an intense band.
Rock the Pigeon
There's a sad buzzsaw quality to them that gives the track a real sense of purpose. Roaring Ontarian punk rock with a deeply emotive take.
Rock the Pigeon
Pyrrhic Victory is my favourite video. We filmed it at a halloween house party where the building was slated to be demolished for condos. That house spent its last few weeks being a DIY punk venue, some of my favourite shows of all-time happened there.Cam Gray, 25,000 Miles Radio
We purposely force ourselves to cover terrible songs. We've done Loverboy, Kim Mitchell, Hanson, Vanilla Ice. That's how we covered the Spice Girls. I can't tell if it's a joke anymore, but it's too late to turn back, this is what we do now.Cam Gray, Modern Free Press
I covered The Bare Minimum with their previous album, Sink To The Top. I forgot how great that album was until now. The one thing I love about this band is how they rekindle my love for some straight up honest punk music.
Cauteriser
The drums pound and guitars explode through each and every song, and there are blistering leads and howling vocals. Hit After Hit is the type of album that will make you want to hop on your skateboard for hours.
Dying Scene
It's basically a hobby that has gotten out of control.Cam Gray, The Other Side Reviews (Sept 2023)
I just want to be screaming in a basement with the weirdos keeping this thing alive. Punk in 2025 means building something real with your own hands, outside of corporations, algorithms, or anyone else's permission.
Cam Gray, Punk Head (Oct 2025)
The DIY scene isn't a stepping stone, it's the destination. This EP made me realize I don't care about 'making it' anymore.
Cam Gray, Lelahel Metal (Oct 2025)
Humor is our Trojan horse for ugly truths. Frustration goes down easier with a laugh, and sometimes it's the only way to sneak past the censors.
Cam Gray, Lelahel Metal (Oct 2025)
Rising out of the underground Toronto punk scene, the Bare Minimum channel but subvert skate-punk into something new. Equally at home at a DIY basement show or festival stage, the Bare Minimum embrace the chaotic nature of punk shows emphasizing energy over precision.
The band is also actively involved in promoting the local scene; self-releasing a documentary about a local DIY venue, interviewing their scene peers on social media, curating playlists, and working with local non-profits. The Bare Minimum have played Pouzza Fest, Canadian Music Week, and NXNE; and shared the stage with Meat Wave, No Fun At All, and Adrenalized.
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