Tough Statement

I usually don't blog about records I haven't listened to yet, but since I'm not home over Xmas and New Year and I don't want to deal with a huge backlog when I'm home again, I'm going to bend my own rules a little bit. After all they're my rules. And also, reasons not rules make us strong. Anyway, a buddy of mine plays in Statement X and I'm a strong believer of supporting friends' bands. A few months ago they played a record release show for their split 7" with Hangin' Tough. I couldn't go there for some reason, most likely because I was travelling at the time. I asked him if they had something special planned for the release show and he told me they'd have a record release sleeve and another special cover, which turned out to be a Brotherhood 'Fuck Racism' rip-off. I have the Statement X demo though and I saw them live before. The demo was a little weak, but they put on a fun live show. As you probably guessed, they're a axe band. I've never listened to Hangin' Tough before, but I have a vague idea what they might sound like. The record says test press out of 75, but I think they just used the labels for this record release edition. Cool Stop And Think rip-off. The regular cover can be seen on the left.

Joy Is The Only Treat

Client is a band from Germany that has been hyped a little bit as of late. A lot of good friends have been going on and on about this band and record, so I finally caved in and bought a copy. Sadly, I don't see what the hype is all about. It's good enough indie/emo-punk, but it hasn't made click yet, although I've been giving this record a lot of spins these last few days. Maybe it's one of those summer records for which the weather has to get a little bit better first, if you know what I mean. On the upside, the  cover art and the whole packaging are excellent. Band and label have put in great effort to make this truly look beautiful.