2 line fadeaway

Sleepless in Stockholm calls for another blogpost.
Two great but way underrated bands on one record. How could I not have picked this one up along with the Samuel MCD?


Fadeaway / 2 Line Filler - split 7" - 1995 Last But Not Least Records LAST-001

I know Fadeaway from their MCD on Conquer The World Records which unfortunately is the only other release by this band. It came out a year before this record but already includes both of their songs featured here. At first I guessed that this came before the CD which would have made more sense to me. Anyway. I'm just glad to have at least those two songs on vinyl now.
Oh and Scott Vogels played the drums in this band but don't let this misdirect you. This is quite different from Slugfest and Despair which are the other bands that he was in in 94/95. It's way more emotional in a Struggle or Groundwork kinda way. At least the vocals are. Musically this is not too far from the first Despair 7".

2 Line Filler on the other hand, or other side if you will, are totally emo. But on the other end of the genre. A lot poppier and with clean vocals.
I was introduced to them via their 1995 7" "reinforced arms for a better life" on Me First Records which features the best emo straight edge song ever.
Besides these two 7" releases they put out their first full length before anything else early in 1994 but only on CD followed by another album in 1995. This time on vinyl too. And in 1996 a split LP with Pezz, who I don't know anything about as this is the only record I don't have.