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
7" #5/28
Box 2 record 92.
We are back on track for the dice picking the bangers
G.L.O.S.S. - Girls Living Outaide Society's Shit
Total Negativity / Nervous Nellie
(2015)
Unquestionable GOAT release. A perfect hardcore band, and this is a perfect release. It came with a zine and a fucking glossy sears style family portrait of the band. I would write a better review but I just moshed in my living room for 8 minutes instead.
Rating: 3/2
7" #6
Box 5 record 31
Ok I'm now 10 days behind, so let's try to catch up.
This is one of the most weird ass splits, and I'm stoked it came up.
SPAZZ / 25 TA LIFE a love story ... of hate
Edison Recordings / Very Distro
(1999)
Side A - 4 classic SPAZZ style songs, great riffs, weird lyrics, one song is about being an old punk, I read along with the lyrics and I think the track listing is out of order but lots of the vocals are unintelligible (and that is saying something for a split with 25 TA LIFE)
Side B - 2 very belligerent hardcore songs with classic Rick TA LIFE vocals where I thought it was my cat puking for a second. The songs contradict each other and even themselves at times.
The center sticker on the record has a picture of Max Ward and Rick Ta Life
2/2 for a classic laugh
7" #7
Box 4 record 70
RAI KO RIS - Himalayan Frostbite
Bat Attack Records
(2003)
Ok this is one of my favorites from my collection. RAI KO RIS is a Nepalese 3 piece, they play hardcore punk that doesnt neatly fit any category but I really like it. 2 songs in English, 2 songs are in I assume Nepali, but could be in a lot of languages since its a super diverse place for languages. The two non English songs have their lyrics in Devanagari and I guess phonetic latin script Nepali, and translated English. Super cool, but the English songs are only written in English.
The song lyrics talk about emmigration, state oppression, posturing, and racism.
The center sticker of the record has a print of a soldier forcing a line of refugees at gunpoint, but side B is a continuation of side A so it kind of looks like the standard refugees welcome image. I think it was intentional.
The coolest thing is that the back side of the insert has a kind of recent roundup of news about the revolution that was ongoing at the time.
2/2
7" #8
Box 5 record 1
SEX PRISONER - self titled
To Live A Lie
(2010)
The riffs and drumming in this record are great but based on the lyrics the singer is definitely a piece of shit and the other band members are also by association and for being chill with having that shit on the insert.
Oops I broke it
0/2
7" #9
Box 2, record 30
DESPISE YOU - PCP Scapegoat
Pessimiser / Theologian
(1996)
Very classic DESPISE YOU 7", 13 pummelling heavy powerviolence songs. This 7" was included on the West Side Horizons LP so everyone knows these tracks.
Funny that this was put out by the PENNYWISE label.
2/2
7" #10
Box 3 record 15
HEAD HITS CONCRETE - Hollowed Out Human Husk
Mercy Of Slumber
(2011)
One of my best friends put out this record.
5 tech grind songs, lyrics are anti war, grief and anti colonial.
1/2 it's complicated
7" #11
Box 3 record 50
IMPALERS - Demo
Beach Impediment/No Way
(2010)
5 songs that sound like fast MOTÖRHEAD, side B starts with a great midtempo breakdown. No insert.
7" #12
Box 4 record 15
NO KNOCK - Imagine A World Without Landlords
Peace
(2024)
Blazing noisey hardcore punk, no lyrics but based on the photos and art included in guarantee this holds up politically. Sick release, includes a screen printed poster, the sleve is made by hand, I have the Peace Records flyer it came with. The sleeve was so packed it was a mild challenge to get the record out.
131/2
7" # 13
Box 3 Record 60
INTENSIVE CARE - Everything Has Its's Price
Iron Lung
(2018)
Bass and drums and noise and vocals, fucking great, not much else to say.
7" #14
Box 3 record 45
I SPY / ...BUT ALIVE split
Self released?
(1995)
I SPY side is 3 very hectic fast (kinda progy?) punk tracks. ...BUT ALIVE is euro style fast pop punk. Fun split. There are two inserts and a little note.
7" #15
Box 3 record 70
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS - Spinster
Blackheart Records
(1994)
Opens with the wedding procession song and the rock cuts in with the lyrics "Maybe I don't wanna maybe I don't wanna, wanna
Maybe I don't wanna fuck you!"
Hard rock n roll from one of the best to ever do it. Seems self released too? Pretty cool for a mainstream artist.
2/2
7" #16
Box 2 record 93
GO IT ALONE - Vancouver Gold
Straight On Records
(2003)
4 tracks of introspective hardcore, kinda in the vein of that No WARNING 7" I didn't like but this is significantly better. One of the song lyrics doesn't really hold up to 2026 scrutiny. Its not bad bad but certainly not great. I know the singer and I know they grew and would not word it this way today, plus one of thw songs is literally about living with your mistakes.
2/2
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