Ok, here's my #FunADay thread.
Im gonna listen to a 7" every day. Except I'm not around my 7"s every day so ill just catch up and by the end I will have listened to 28 7"s.
I have 6 boxes of 7"s and most of the boxes have around 100 records in them so im picking the box with a standard die, and picking the record with these other two die that let me roll 0 to 100.
So here's 7" #1/28:
Box 4 record 52.
And for those of you who know me know this is actually a really funny first pick.
PHYSIQUE - Overcome By Pain
Iron Lung (2023)
This is a really solid 7" and a great follow up to the Again LP. The riffs are raw, the drums hit the d-beat hard, and the lyrics are sparse and barely intelligible even when listening while reading the lyrics.
Rating: 2/2
7" #2/28:
Box 3 record 2.
Damn I'm impressed, these dice have great taste. I cant take all the credit for just having a good record collection, I certainly have a lot of stinkers in my 7" collection but hopefully the dice keep picking the good ones.
HARAM - What Do You See?, Toxic State (2016)
4 anti-war songs sung in Arabic over very of the times 20 teens hardcore punk. The guitar has super prominent idk what it is, flanger? chorus? (Someone chime in) and heavily tom based drums. I like this sound but I can see how maybe folks are sick of it.
I love that the silk screened 7" sleeve folds out to a poster, and the center labels are hand stamped.
Another 2/2 rating from me.
7" #3/28
Box 4 record 23.
Ok the dice have now failed me (or maybe I should gut my records of the shittier ones) When I lived out west pretty much everyone I knew who played Hardcore was radical. There was certainly a lot of bullshit and of course I was priviledged, but I lived in a little insular scene where we didnt really have a lot of the bullshit that dominated elsewhere. Like there was kickboxing mosh but the pit was often full of women, Trans folks, and teenagers and very few bands were all cis dudes. This band was pretty big at the time
When moved to Montreal I almost immediately heard that this band had some shitty members. I actually don't know more than that but it came from people I trust so for me that's enough, there's lots of bands out there that dont have shitty people, I don't generally make any time for bands that have shitty members. But I'm also a completionist so I will spin it.
NO WARNING - S/T
Martyr records (2001)
Ok even if I ignored all that stuff above, this 7" is very meh. The band can't write a bridge to save their life, the vocals do a thing i absolutely hate (which I think they kind of made a thing in Hardcore of the era) where on the recording one line trails off while another begins. The lyrics are supremely vague posting at the proverbial you who probably stabbed the singer in the back by stopping going to shows or calling him out on something. Whoever these songs are about was probably right in whatever they did.
Other bands did this style way better.
0/2
Still had fun though
EDIT: I forgot to mention that the insert has several phone numbers in it, a physical house address, and a website that no longer works.
7" #4/28
Box 2 record 20.
The dice deliver once again!
DAME - S/T
Charm School records
(2017)
3 post punk songs that land slightly on the punk side of the spectrum. There is delay and/or reverb on everything, and so much hi-hat, but it's still likeable. The lyrics are poetic, and I can't say I can completely grasp the exact song meanings, but they paint a good enough picture.
I saw them live a few times and it was always great, I think the guitar player was the singer in EXIT ORDER.
The sleve and insert printing is clearly digital but the design gives letter press vibes.
Rating: 2/2
VanisleJay
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