The Damage Done

Lately I've been listening to a lot of bands from the early to mid 2000s. One of the best labels from that time was Rivalry Records. So many good records came out on that label. The guy who ran the label, Kyle Whitlow, was a record collector himself and you could see that in all the releases on his label. A few years back he sold a large part of his collection and created an awesome blog documenting his collection. Not only do you get to see a mind-boggling collection, you get also a lot of interesting background information on releases and bands. It is now of my favourite blogs out there, so make sure you check out Seeking The Simple if you haven't already done so. While reading the blog I came across this band The Damage Done, which was Kyle's own band. He put out the final release of his band on his own label, which only seems the logical thing to do. He must have started Rivalry Records shortly before his band's final release came out since this release is Rivalry #03. I picked up this 2nd press copy for dirt cheap (notice the punch holes in the cover and the dust sleeve) simply because I wanted to check out the music. Good enough music but nothing that gets me overly excited. There are 600 copies on solid orange.