Dew It!

There has been quite some hype about this Rev release, at least by Instagram standards. Well, it's Rev, but maybe more importantly members of Beyond went on to form such illustrious bands as Burn, Inside Out, Bold, Quicksand and many many more. The LP combines the long out of print and really pricy demo tape, which came out in 1988 and a live set on the also legendary WNYU radio show. While the Beyond songs are not as good as the songs by the bands mentioned above, there are some legitimately good songs on here. I really like the massive booklet that comes with it. You get lyrics, interviews, old flyers. Lots of good stuff in there. I feel red vinyl would have gone better with the artwork, but that's just me.

Clarity

For once I thought I didn't miss the band wagon when I picked up a copy of Clarity's Unstoppable 7", but once again I had to learn that I was late. Clarity isn't really a new band seeing that their demo came out in 2011, and this 7" is not a recent release seeing that it was released two years ago and they have released a new 7" in the meantime. On the bright side, I really like this 7". Good, powerful sxe hardcore in the vein of Right Brigade and Carry On. If you're into these bands, make sure to check out Clarity. This is the most common variant on clear blue vinyl out of 250 copies.

Peace

Helping out friends, or people in general for that matter, is something I really like doing. A few weeks ago Burn played a one-off show in London, well at least back then it was still thought of as a one-off show in Europe... To mark the occasion they had a special pressing of their debut 7" made for the London show. I asked a few people if I should try to pick up a copy for them if possible. I could have saved myself the question since the answer was rather obvious. Nerds will be nerds, right?
One of those 7"s has already reached its destination. In return I got this Peace 7" as a small trade I did with my buddy Tom. I'd asked him if he had any spare copies of records he'd recommend to me. I'd wanted to check out Peace for a long time, so when he said I definitely should give this 7" a listen and he did indeed have a spare copy of this, we had our deal.
Now some people might think this was a rather stupid trade because rare Burn or Rev vinyl is worth much more than a generic copy of this 7", and from a pure financial point of view, this may be correct. However, this is not what trading, especially with friends, should be about. And I didn't get disappointed. This 7" is really, really good. Hopefully there will be more releases by Peace soon.

Protester

I really liked the first 7" that Protester released last year, so when I read that Triple B was about to release a new 7" by this Washington, D.C. band I was more than stoked. While I'm not disappointed with this record, it's not quite as good as the first one. Maybe it'll have to grow on me though. Again, I only got the common variant on black and not the fancy coloured one (on white vinyl), but I felt no urge to order this one directly in the States and pay a looooot of extra money for shipping.

Late To The Misfits Party

Lately I've been finding myself listening to rather a lot of Misfits. I've never been really into them, but a few weeks ago I somehow started rediscovering the roots of hardcore and I thought I'd give them another chance. I'm still not their biggest fan, but I can thoroughly enjoy most songs nowadays and I think some are really good. Having said all that, I can definitely appreciate their role in the emergence of hardcore music but for me they'll never reach the same heights as a few other early hardcore bands. I think I picked up a copy of Legacy Of Brutality a few years back for really, really cheap but since then I never bothered to pick up more records until I bought this repress of Collection I, which probably makes for a good starting point to venture a little deeper into the Misfits world.

The spots on the record are not actually on the record. I'm just not that good at taking pictures.

110

I got another copy of Count Me Out's 110 LP recently. This one comes on pee colour, for a lack of better colour description. There are - of course - 110 copies. Love this LP.