TUNA - Dupla Face LP - £9.00
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Monday, 9 June 2014
SOLD OUT!!!
ULTIMO RESORTE - La Larga Sombra Del Punk LP - £9.00
ULTIMO RESORTE were the bridge between the very first Spanish Punk Generation and the first Spanish Hardcore Wave. During their 5 years of existence (1979-1984) they only managed to record a demo, and two impossible to find records. A self-titled 7 track 7" EP and "Una Causa Sin Fondo" a 5 track 12". "La Larga Sombra Del Punk" compiles both those records plus a 16 pages 11"x11" booklet with a long interview with the band and tons of pictures and fanzine clippings.
Musically they lay in between the most aggressive parts of VICE SQUAD, DISCHARGE, ELECTRIC DEADS or even SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES. Fronted by Silvia Resorte her voice became their trademark always backed by an urgent band trying to figure out what hardcore was about and a synth player that created a cold atmosphere over most of their songs. This seminal band hailed from Barcelona and you can tell with the desperate feeling their songs have. Their lyrics have that teenage angst feel that only bands from the early 80's managed to write. Together with RIP, KANGRENA, ANTI-DOGMATIKSS, VULPESS, DESECHABLES or LARSEN this band helped putting Spain in the international punk map back in the day.
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UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE - Observant com el món es destrueix LP - £9.00
UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE - Observant com el món es destrueix LP - £9.00
Barcelona's UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE came out of nowhere a few months ago. Within a few weeks of their existence they had recorded a promising demo of experimental noisy hardcore, played a few shows in UK and Spain and started working on their debut album. Barely 6 months later they give birth to "Observant Com el Món es destrueix". A 9 track LP integrally sang in Catalan and with a psychedelic approach to their previous bands sound (GLAM/ ATENTADO/ DESTINO FINAL / INVASION/ CROSTA amongst others). Their primative anthems of nature seeking dreams are distorted, repetitive and heavy at times. With their boots firmly stuck in hardcore based while keeping the overall sound free of any boundaries and styles. The artwork by guitarrist Guillem el Muro reflects the spirit of the album perfectly. An explosion of hardcore between day dreaming of peace and nightmares of reality.
VALSE TRISTE - Madon Luku LP - £8.00
Impressive twenty-song second full-length by this now-venerable Finnish band that has been around since 1983. Instead of treading the straight and narrow "classic Finnish hardcore" path, this is wild and chaotic experimental hardcore, charged with energy and unpredictability, and refined by the band's growth in precision, skill, and delivery. Dual vocals create a new zenith of "caustic" and "scalding" as they shout and spew over herky-jerky hardcore that seems to meet somewhere in between the bass-driven time-changing of NOMEANSNO and the swaggering, loose ram-charging of KAAOS. The lyrics (in translation from Finnish) are similarly offbeat, but deftly hide meaning in metaphor. Excellent recording and a nice gatefold.
Impressive twenty-song second full-length by this now-venerable Finnish band that has been around since 1983. Instead of treading the straight and narrow "classic Finnish hardcore" path, this is wild and chaotic experimental hardcore, charged with energy and unpredictability, and refined by the band's growth in precision, skill, and delivery. Dual vocals create a new zenith of "caustic" and "scalding" as they shout and spew over herky-jerky hardcore that seems to meet somewhere in between the bass-driven time-changing of NOMEANSNO and the swaggering, loose ram-charging of KAAOS. The lyrics (in translation from Finnish) are similarly offbeat, but deftly hide meaning in metaphor. Excellent recording and a nice gatefold.
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