More Home Front

Recently I picked up the Games Of Power LP, the sophomore album by the Canadian band Home Front. I was amazed by how great this album sounded compared to version on Spotify that I have been listening to for the bigger part of 2023. So needless to say I wanted to order their 2021 debut album as well and as it turns out Home Front also released a 12” single later in 2023, so I got that one as well.

Kingston

Another thing that showed in the big parcel from the USA is the most recent repress of the Title Fight Kingston 7”. I think this is 5th or 6th pressing and the third label to release it. I was lucky enough to notice it on time and to order it on the different colors, since it sold out super fast.

Ex-voto

Recently I wrote more about LG records and one of the records on that label I didn’t pick up was the Los Mordidas LP. This band has members of Ignition, Rain, Beefeater and Circus Lupus. The music of Los Mordidas follows loosely the sound of the previous mentioned bands but it has its own distinctive sound that makes it different. Again it is a very high quality release, very nice thick sleeve and flawless pressed vinyl.

Dischord update

A few seperate Dischord orders arrived last weekend. A lot of sweet represses and a new 7” from a recent band with a split label release. Sensor Ghost plays a great mix of punk and art rock and are from the DC area.

Scream

In a few days, I am going to catch a few Scream shows. Last year I picked up their latest album on vinyl. Bur ever since I found out the cd version had a ton of extra tracks, I really wanted to have a copy of that one as well. So I can hear the songs in a better quality compared to the Spotify stream.

Minor Tapes

Obviously Minor Threat is one of my favorite bands to collect.

Recently I found the Out Of Step tape with the $7 dollar post paid price on the spine. Collecting variants of tapes is probably harder than the vinyl version. First copy I have seen in years. Perhaps tapes is much more a throw away item compared to vinyl and the pressing run is probably much lower.

Another thing I got is this counterfeit the first demo tape. This one isn’t made in east-Asia as most bootleg tapes are, but this one is from the good old USA.

I Against I

The longbox obviously was an odd “format” or whatever you want to call it. But honestly it kind of cool as well, especially if the artwork is different compared to the artwork we all know and love. A few years ago I got the chance to buy a few Bad Brains ones and ever since then, I was after finding the missing ones, the last one that I missed or at least that I know of was the I Against I one.

Orange 9mm

Thirty Something records released the final Orange 9mm EP on vinyl, so I jumped on it and got the limited version and a test press.

A bit later they also sold the test presses for the previous two Orange 9mm releases they did, so I got those as well. I enjoy the personalized test press covers. It gives an extra flair to the normally boring to look at test presses.

But the best thing was they also made a few liquid filled records of the Tragic LP. I really wanted that one, since I never owned a liquid filled record. It is actually so cool. It is hard to capture in a picture.

Slowdive

Back in 2017 Slowdive made a comeback with this record but somehow it took me to this year to finally pick it up. I missed out on the first pressing, but this 2023 is fine with me.

In Casino Out

This is the second album of At The Drive-In. I used to have this on cd in the nineties but vinyl version was nowhere to be found at the time. Happy to add a nice repress to my collection. It was great to hear this album again after a few years.