the word is go!

GO! - the word is Go! 7" - 2014 Refuse Records

I've never been a big fan of GO!. I don't even have any of their other releases but this one I couldn't resist. It's a rerelease of their demo from 1989 including a text about the history of this release/ the band by singer Mike Bullshit who was also in SFA.
It's classic late 80s NY material and was kinda important for the evolution of HC next to bands like Born Against and the whole ABC No Rio scene so I figured at least a re-issue of their demo should be in my collection.

Good thing I got a copy of the limited translucent green vinyl. No idea how many were made but we only have black copies available in our store. Go pick one up. No good NYHC collection should be missing this.

french anna

And now for something totally different


Anna Calvi - Jezebel (version française) 7" - 2012 Domino ‎– RUG379F

I don't know how I missed the release of this back in 2012. All the releases prior to this I got right away but this one somehow escaped me. Maybe because it's a France only release I never saw it pop up on the Domino UK site until recently when they got a few copies of which apparently they still have some for sale at a regular price while people on discogs are charging 'a little bit' more for the record.

Glad I got this for a non-inflated price. Especially because the b-side track is only available as a real release here. Other than that it was only released digitally which I wouldn't exactly call being released.

Now I only need a promo copy of the original "Jezebel" 7" from 2010 and maybe that CD box of the "one breath" album with the bonus 7". But I'm pretty undecided about it. On one hand it looks like a nice box set but on the other hand I already have 2 copies of the LP that came with that very same 7" and it's a CD. Maybe I'll get a copy when the prices go down.

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.