When you buy your records as you're going along (instead of cherry-picking them off eBay 15 years after the fact, the way most of the other blogs do), you wind up with some odd choices. For instance, I have no real idea why I ended up with a compilation 7-inch of some vaguely Jawbox/Superchunk-ish D.C. bands, yet here it is. I think it had something to do with the Holly Rollers t-shirt that Kevin from Creature Did wore once, so I figured a comp 7" would be an easy way to see what they were about.
As it turns out, the Edsel song on here is the one that I like the most (I think I have another Edsel 7", too-- the one on Jade Tree-- though I'd have to find it). Holy Rollers are OK, I guess, though mildly self-important, and the song from Trusty (the first ever non-D.C. band on Dischord) is decent enough pop-punk, amusing for the first couple of listens. I seem to remember that the Corm track gets better as it goes along, but it sounds bad and starts out horribly, so I didn't bother ripping it.
Holy Rollers -
"Sunshine"
Edsel -
"Suits Me Fine"
Trusty -
"Bus Stop"
(these files are now all listen-only)
7 comments:
I dig the Edsel track- they are quite underated- they had played TKS in Danbury back in the day.. Sohrab of Edsel now plays in OBITS (Sub Pop).
Happy New Year
Greg Vegas
ooohhh, I didn't pay attention to the Obits connection... that's nice... hey, Happy New Year too!
Hey. Happy New Year, Brushback.
May it be a good one.
Hey, thanks-- you too!
The next thing I gotta figure out in 2010 is how I'm going to tag everthing, '00s or '10s...
I definitely think Trusty were best as a hardcore band. I have one of their later albums and it's fairly forgettable. I think they released it after the band broke up. DC Jam released their demo from their unsigned hardcore days as a CD not too long ago.
I'd forgotten that there's a bunch of Trusty stuff on The Small Takeover... I think I'm going to check it out.
I've been really getting into the Edsel song now; don't know why it didn't sink in with me the first time.
The mp3 files on this post are now listen-only (non-downloadable) files. Tough luck, Abe Lincoln! No, actually, for those of you who missed the boat, I will do my best to respond to any e-mailed requests for the original files.
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