Miles Away

Miles Away were one of the bands my wife and I wanted to see when we traveled to Berlin a few weeks back, and they didn't disappoint. Although there was only a handful of people at that show who'd probably agree. Anyway. Miles Away were the only band that had tour versions with them, so we gladly picked up a few variants. This was mainly my wife's doing, but I gladly obliged.

On a sidenote, is it just me or do not many bands nowadays not do tour variants anymore?

There were 125 copies with the black tour sleeve. This is #96.

There were also 125 copies with the white tour sleeve. Here you can see #42.

Last but not least we also bought a copy of the 7" that Miles Away (self-)released last year. One song is also on the Tides LP, the other one is exclusive to this 7" as far as I know.

Endless Roads, Miles Away

Sometimes making your significant other happy is pretty easy. Especially if she is into the same music and doesn't think buying vinyl isn't an odd thing to do in 2015, but rather encourages your collecting habit. When I showed her the list of vinyl up for sale of the person I bought the GIA LP from, she noticed that he was also selling a tour press of Miles Away's Endless Roads. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. In the picture you can see #141/161. I really like the red swirl vinyl.

Miles Away

I'm still catching up with the records I got before a big trip I did with my wife during summer. Travelling is a whole lot of fun, but it certainly gets in the way with keeping the blog going. Can't have everything I guess.

A few months back it was announced that Miles Away were about to release a new LP, called Tides. Seeing that I'd been turned onto the band by my wife recently and my wife really likes this band buying this was a no brainer. However, considering that my wife really likes this band, she talked me into pre-ordering this LP, which is something I rarely do nowadays, because shipping to Europe is quite expensive nowadays. But every once in a while you gotta do what you gotta do. Especially if you can make your wife happy. I must say though that I was a little disappointed by this LP. I really like some parts, others, erm, not so much. Especially the parts that are sung, not screamed. Doesn't work for me.  This is the pre-order variant on pink/purple swirl out 150.




I also picked up their Endless Roads LP, which was released in 2010. Overall I like this record better than Tides. Less singing equals better record in this case. This is the 4th press on coke bottle clear vinyl out of 500.

Catching Up 08/2014

I picked up a couple current records and represses a couple of  weeks back but only get to post about them today.

First off I got a repress of No Warning's 2nd album Suffer Survive. I really liked their first record, which I only picked recently, so I thought I'd give their second LP a shot too. There are some really good songs on it, but overall I prefer the first LP. Six Feet Under repressed this record on four versions. This is the least rare one on black vinyl out of 800. 

I was quite astonished when I found out that Shook Ones had released a new LP since I though they'd broken up some time ago. Turns out I'd been living under a rock and The Unquotable A.M.H. already came out in 2009. Now I'm not sure if this variant was released back then or if this is a repress. The mailorder lists it as a 2014 release, discogs.com tells me that there is a grey version that came out in 2009, the label website tells me this variant doesn't exist. First world record collector's problems... Anyway, good jams by a good band. Now I only need the summer to come back.

UK hardcore seems to be thriving right now, with Violent Reaction and The Flex spearheading this revivial. Like Violent Reaction The Flex play hardcore in the vein of early Boston Hardcore mixing in a little NYHC. Et voilà, you have the formula for good records. Not new, but who needs new when it's just good music? Split release by Milk Run and Video Disease. There's also a variant on red vinyl out there, but personally I think black works better here, because it'd be too much red otherwise.

UK hardcore takeover #2. Violent Reaction released their 2nd EP. Two 7"s, one LP and a US tour within two years is not bad for a newcomer band from Europe. It might just be that they hit the nerve of time or are just that good. You decide. The music is a little more punk than hardcore, but just a tad. Dead End was recorded with Violent Reaction being a full band unlike the two previous releases. This is the Painkiller release on black vinyl out or 800. Quality control released this in the UK.

Another reissue of an early American hardcore classic: Verbal Abuse's debut Just An American Band. Raw, savage, primal hardcore. Nothing else to say here really. You need this. Beer City rereleased this on clear red vinyl. Maybe there are other variants out there, but I haven't found any pressing information on this one.