Allroy Saves

I love the Descendents. I mean, who doesn‘t, but still it needs to be said from time to time. I also happen to really like the All songs on those Punk-O-Rama compilations, which were huge for me when I got into punk and hardcore. Much more than any classic hardcore compilation. Weirdly enough I never really dove into the All catalogue beyond that. However, after finally watching the Descendents/All documentary, I decided to change that. As it happpened, the local record store had a copy of All’s third full length, Allroy Saves, which was originally released in 1990, for sale for a really good price. 

Most of the songs are pretty good, which is kinda obvious considering the band members and how the band came to be, although some songs also have some rather weird parts. The vocals aren’t that far from Milo’s either. So, the ingredients are technically all there, but there are no real hits on this album, at least to my ears. 

1st Press on Black on Cruz /???

Instrumental

Another piece of the Fugazi repress jigsaw puzzle. The songs on Instrument are all over the place, musically speaking, from laid-back instrumental tracks like Afterthought to actual punk-ish songs such as Little Debbie. But I enjoy listening to the whole record very much. 

Side note: I still haven’t seen the documentary, which is something I need to change soon. For real this time.

2024 Repress on Burgundy Marble on Dischord /???

Desertion

The self-titled Spite House debut LP was one of my favorite records in 2022. Their follow up record, Desertion, could have easily made my 2025 top 10, but as mentioned in my 2025 summary post, getting current records is not that easy anymore. Spite House play this great mix of emo and post hardcore with deeply personal lyrics. They were also great when I saw them live last year, even though the singer’s voice was very hoarse as I saw them only at the very end of their tour. My wife had seen them a couple of weeks before and she said had been even better then. I may still be partial towards the first record, but that’s probably because I’ve spent so much time with it. Desertion is an awesome record as well, but I feel like there’s still potential for it to grow even more on me. 

1st Press on Metallic Mercury Blend on Pure Noise /1200

In With The New, Out With The Old

The new year starts smiliarly to how the last one ended: more colored Fugazi represses. Not the most impressive way to kick off the new year for this blog, but on the other hand, it doesn’t get much better either. At this rate I might finish this little side quest pretty soon hopefully. 

2023 Repress on Clear Green on Dischord /???

2023 Repress on Silver Metallic on Dischord /???