Holding This Moment

Wow, I can't believe that a whole year has passed since I started this blog. Time  really does fly by. I picked up some records I'd wanted for a long time, got some cool new records from current bands, and I got to know a whole bunch of cool people I traded with/bought stuff from. This has been a lot of fun so far, so here's to what the future may hold.

To celebrate the anniversary, I thought it'd be fitting to post a record by the band that was also featured in the very first post. Incididentally, it was also the band that was on my mind the most this year, from collecting records and shirts, a lot of fun on instagram (check out #banemerch), to shows, travelling, and meeting cool people. Sadly, this band will come to an end a little later than the 2nd birthday of this blog here...

When I think about records I'd like to be buried with one day, Bane's Holding This Moment 7" ranks pretty highly on that list. I absolutely love everything about this record from music to lyrics, artwork and layout. I especially like the fold out lyric sheet that opens like a window. Also, Count Me Out will forever be my favourite Bane song.

Getting the last variant of this turned out to be quite a task. There are only 100 of these around and they don't pop up as often as I'd hoped they would. Finally I was able to sweet-talk someone into letting go off their copy and so I got this crucial piece of the Bane puzzle. If there's one record I'd kill to own, it'd be the test pressing for this release.

Finally, I'm able to take that group picture...

Bane - Holding This Moment - Equal Vision - green - record release version /100
Bane - Holding This Moment - Equal Vision - black - /800 (not 100% sure on that number)
Bane - Holding This Moment - Equal Vision - purple - tour version /100
Bane - Holding This Moment - Equal Vision - gold - /200