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Friday August 04, 2006 @ 07:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Grinder

Twelve bands from the Sub Pop roster and an actual NHL player have contributed songs to the soundtrack for 2K Sports' NHL 2K7 video game.

Hot Hot Heat and The Constantines provide Canadian content along with hard-nosed Calgary Flames forward Darren McCarty, who fronts the garage rock/punk band Grinder. Other groups contributing previously released tracks to the cause include Band Of Horses, , Sleater-Kinney and The Postal Service. The Thermals lent "I Hold The Sound," a song off their forthcoming The Blood, The Body, The Machine album, which will arrive in stores before the video game hits shelves in September.

The game company and Matador worked together earlier this year to come up with songs for the Major League Baseball 2K6 game, and having 12 Sub Pop acts on NHL 2K7 shows 2K's commitment to the music component of its products.

"Sub Pop is the leader in bringing underground sound to the mainstream without compromising their integrity," says Tim Rosa, 2K's director of brand and lifestyle marketing. "Because we share this mindset when developing our games, NHL 2K7 is the perfect vehicle for Sub Pop to stay true to its vision."

"While Sub Pop and hockey are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the vibe of our music really suits the action of NHL 2K7," says Sub Pop publicity/marketing director Steve Manning. "Because 2K Sports values authenticity in its games with the same passion we treasure authenticity in our artists, we knew this partnership would resonate with fans of both the sport and our music."

NHL 2K7 will be released in September on Xbox 360, Xbox and PlayStation 2. A PlayStation 3 version is expected later in the year.

Here are the songs on NHL 2K7: