Marrón

I love the LP Marrón put out last year. When I saw that Take It Back Records had a sale going on I just wanted to check out what they had up in their store. Among other things they had a test press up for sale. 10€ can be considered a steal, right? Nice rip-off cover, too. I love it when labels or bands put in some extra effort to make tests more special.

Kids Insane / Slander

Kids Insane is a band I like quite a bit, both on record and live. When I ordered the Marrón LP I was kind of surprised to find out that Kids Insane also had a new record out, so of course I picked up their split as well. The music is good, as usual, but who really needs a 12" split for five songs in total? What a waste of money an raw materials... I also like the Slander side, but Kids Insane still take this one home.

Marrón

I really liked the Marrón demo from last year, so when I read recently that they were going to release a new record, I knew I had to pick it up. And I certainly didn't get disappointed. This mini LP is really good. 150 copies on clear vinyl.

More Empowerment To You

This is the second part of the split series Empowerment is doing. This time they teamed up with their recent tour buddies AYS. Both bands play one of their own songs, plus a cover song of a band from their region, which is the whole concept behind this split series. I don't care too much for the new Empowerment song to be honest, mainly because of the guest vocals. Kind of ruins it for me. The cover is well done, but musically it's just not my cup of tea. The same goes for AYS. I think I saw them live once when they opened for some band I actually wanted to see and I vaguely recall wishing their set to be over quickly. I got the same feeling when I listened to their side of this split 7" for the first time. They just don't strike a chord with me.

I hope the next split will be better again seeing that I did like the first 7". Clear vinyl out of 262.



I ordered another record from the label's distro section. Damage Control were a band from Oslo, Norway and were around during the mid and late '00 years. If you're into bands like Champion, Go It Alone, Carry On and the like, you should give them a listen. I really like this 7" and I'll definitely pick up their other releases in the nearby future. This is the least rare version on black vinyl out 1,860.