So I figured my next post would be a Record Store Day recap, BUT the last of the RSD releases I got hasn't come in the mail yet. So once that last record comes in, expect the RSD post. For now here are some records i got in the mail yesterday.
I ended up winning three records from the same seller on ebay, without realizing it. I paid for shipping on each individually and the seller was awesome enough to combine shipping after the fact and reimburse me some cash. He is getting positive feedback.
First up is Memorial's album The Creative Process/Berlin. I had heard about this band previously when they were Renee Heartfelt, but i wrote them off because I thought that name was stupid (a mistake I make often). Anyway I was having lunch at a Vegan spot in Huntington with a friend who recommended me both bands. At first I wasn't interested, until he told me they had some Quicksand influences. If you tell me a bands influence is Quicksand, or sounds like Quicksand, I'm going to listen to them. I got home and checked out both bands and promptly hated myself for sleeping on them.
With this LP, I believe there was some kind of problem when everyone pre-ordered it. The problem being that no one got them, and the people that did got records that didn't actually play right. Whatever label orginally sold them disappeared and another label stepped up and i guess got the rest of the press of records that actually played and distributed/sold them. I know nothing about the pressing info on this record. The lp itself is heavy and looks great. Even feels great to hold!
Next up is Mental "Planet Mental". Easily one of the funnest and best hardcore records ever. Lockin out released this and to me its an intstant classic. I wish I had gotten to see Mental and I hope they one day do a reunion. I dont give a shit that they arent all edge anymore, I just want to see em play. I however did get to see the Invasion reunion a few years ago in NJ and that is as close as I will probably get.
Tarpit is a band I know nothing about. I bought a 7" of theirs from Academy in Brooklyn a few months ago and really enjoyed it. So now I'm on the mission to own everything they've released, which I think is just 2 7"s and one LP. Anyway, standard black vinyl with no friggin insert. Sometimes I wonder if these records really came with no insert, or if sellers on ebay just keep them for themselves for no reason.
Last up is the almighty Modern Life is War "Witness" LP. This is by far my favorite MLIW record. I kick myself for not buying it direct from the band when they were around. I swear I saw them so many times at the end of the 2000's but never bothered to buy the lp. Now i had to pay 30 bucks for a first press, but its money well spent.
One of the most memorable times I saw MLIW was when they played at 538 Johnson in "east" Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For those that have never been to 538, its a big studio apartment(illegal actually) in a warehouse where punx built their own rooms. Anyway, the room was insanely packed out to the point of it being unsafe. People were diving off one of the rooms on the side of the stage onto people.... This was a 10 foot drop and no one got hurt. At one point the police came and when they did, they just stood there and looked dumfounded as to what to do. So, one of them threw up the horns and they all just left. This is no joke.
Anyway new mission is to get one 1st press of every MLIW release, this one is first press out of 1000. Next on the list is My Love My Way.
