Primitive Weapons and Warped

So two saturdays ago I volunteered at the Bridge 9 Records booth Warped Tour at the LI date.  I haven't been to warped in years but i figured it might be fun and maybe i'd see some bands i like amongst the absolute crap that riddles warped tours lineup nowadays.  Volunteering was overall an alright experience.  A friend from Tenessee (Garrett) was there and we chilled for most of the day.  A lot of random people were at Warped that I did not expect to see there.   Including Nick! But it was great seeing everyone and getting the pre blog post info on Nicks box from Pavlos.  After warped myself and Garrett hit up a pizza joint and then went to Amityville for the Capital / Sheer Terror gig. When I got there I had completely forgotten Primitive Weapons were playing, I didnt realize this til we got to the merch tables.  I had first been given their 7' by none other than Arthur Shepard himself, when Mind Over Matter had played w/ Glassjaw at the Best Buy Theater the year before and I convinced him playing LI fest was a good idea.  I liked that record so i picked this one up too.

This is their first LP called "The Shadow Gallery", limited to 150 on grey marble.  Its a pretty good record, heavy and chaotic at times. Ive spun it quite a bit since i purchased it. I like how they put PW002 on the top left of the cover, i guess its going to be a running count of how many releases they put out. 

Its clear the label put a lot of work into this lp, the vinyl is heavy and feels good in the hand and the friggin insert folds out and looks great.

Fun fact about the show, I ended up completely missing Primitive Weapons. It went like this: Watched provider, hung out outside and forgot PW was playing, came back inside mid 1776 set to see somone immediately cartwheeling, watched Capital, got tired and left before Sheer Terror.  Yea i know.

Bringing the hammer down at posi #'s

So this is pretty much the true definition of an ebay steal.  Im browsing ebay last thursday and i see the Think i Care "Mongrel" 10' from posi numbers. I put it in my watch list and determine ill bid on it if it stays low.  After i finish my morning browse i go back to my watch list and realize that the record wasnt just a starting bid at 10 bucks, it was a buy it fucking now! I bought that shit and paid immediately.  When i checked it out on popsike, it normally goes for $30+!

Anyway, this is limited to 170 and was sold when Think I Care played Posi Numbers.  Also is a sweet Sheer Terror ripoff cover.  I have no clue what year as A) i never got to see Think I Care, and B) I also never went to Posi Numbers.  Think I Care is another band I didn't like when I first heard them.  I picked up the World Aslyum LP before this, hated it and didn't give them another listen til about a year ago when I downloaded Mongrel.  Once again I kick myself for writing off a band before I've really given them a good chance.