Short Supply were a band from Metz, France, active from 2001 to maybe 2005. Their website disappeared in early 2006, so they likely called it quits a bit before then. Discogs compares them to Hot Water Music and Empire State Games. Both comparisons are apt, though Short Supply has a bit more screamo influence that you might usually hear, likely because the band shared members with metalcore outfit Dead For A Minute (members of Short Supply would also go on to form skramz act Aleska)
The release I have for Short Supply is something of a mystery. In 2001, the band released an album called Picture Show... on Shinya Records, which appears to be their personal label. What I have is a CDr that combines that release with two unreleased songs from 2003. I don't know where this compilation came from. It could be something the band had at shows, or an unofficial bootleg. The name 'Julien' was all over the CD data, and the band thanked Julien Vanderhaegen of Heart On Fire Records in the liner notes for their split record with The Apollo Program. If it's the same person, then the CDr could be some kind of quasi-official compilation, perhaps done in cooperation with the label. According to the data from the CD, this compilation is called Eclipse, despite using the art from Picture Show.... This title isn't on the CD itself, or referenced on the internet at all as far as I can determine, but I'm using it in order to differentiate what I have from the original Picture Show... CDr.
The band released Picture Show... in 2001, a split with The Apollo Program in 2004, and the Eclipse CDr compilation at an unknown date. Since it has unreleased songs from 2003 on it, it had to have been released between then and the end of the band. The significant gap between the album release and the split makes me think they may have had more material, but as of now I haven't found anything. It's possible the unreleased 2003 tracks were from an unrealized project.
The Apollo Program / Short Supply split is made available courtesy of How Nothing Feels.
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