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Omega Radio for September 25, 2021; #285.

Loss Leader: “Stickman”

Infinity Land: “Harvest Lane”

Off!: “Holier Than Thou”

Cherry Cheeks: “Boxes”

Bummer: “JFK Speedwagon”

Purling Hiss: “City Special”

PUP: “Plea Form A Cat Named Virtue”

Vincas: “I’m Taking You To Hell”

The Vacant Lots: “Confusion”

Hieress: “All Ends”

Fuckemos: “Do You Want To Dance”

Die 116: "Chastity 101”

Cherubs: “Example Maiden Japan / Devil’s Food”

Birds Of Maya: “Please Come In”

Yvette: “Contact High”

Vile Creature: “Paperdoll”

Thirdface: “Villains!”

Spy: “Exceptional American”

Soldiers Of Fortunes: “Nails”

Rid Of Me: “Myself”

Oi Boys: “Sur La Place”

J.R.G.C. “Rainbow”

Glassing: “Burden”

Dining With Dogs: “Killing Machine”

Cherubs: “Lazy Snakes (Skewed)”

Baratro: “Seamless Narrative”

Stats

Pressing #:  2011 RSD Press

Color:  Yellow

Qty Pressed: 1090

Additional Info: Other Pressings Available

Track List

Shall Be Judged

Godhead

Drown

Out of Time

Omega Radio for September 25, 2021; #285.

Loss Leader: “Stickman”

Infinity Land: "Harvest Lane”

Off!: “Holier Than Thou”

Cherry Cheeks: “Boxes”

Bummer: “JFK Speedwagon”

Purling Hiss: “City Special”

PUP: “Plea Form A Cat Named Virtue”

Vincas: “I’m Taking You To Hell”

The Vacant Lots: “Confusion”

Hieress: “All Ends”

Fuckemos: “Do You Want To Dance”

Die 116: "Chastity 101”

Cherubs: “Example Maiden Japan / Devil’s Food”

Birds Of Maya: “Please Come In”

Yvette: “Contact High”

Vile Creature: “Paperdoll”

Thirdface: “Villains!”

Spy: “Exceptional American”

Soldiers Of Fortunes: “Nails”

Rid Of Me: “Myself”

Oi Boys: “Sur La Place”

J.R.G.C. “Rainbow”

Glassing: “Burden”

Dining With Dogs: “Killing Machine”

Cherubs: “Lazy Snakes (Skewed)”

Baratro: “Seamless Narrative”

Pressing Stats

Pressing #: 2020 Press

Color:  Rhino Grey

Qty Pressed: 500

Additional Info:  Other Pressings Available

Track Listing

Driver

Cutting and Draining

Dry

Cant Decide

Pressing Stats

Pressing #:  1st Color: Cream/Black Mix - Indie Store Release Qty Pressed:  /1000 Additional Info:  Other pressings and colors available

Track Listing

Fate

Ill Together

Flame

Beauty

Dead Identity

Do or Die

Last Great Sea

New Morality

Unfuck Yourself

Climb Out

Synopsis:

How can you go wrong on a Burn release that includes the song New Morality?  The song kills it.  For a band with so many key songs (Godhead, Shall Be Judged, etc.), this is the one that stands out the most to me.  The lyrics are so spot on.  They are everything that hardcore and punk rock is about.  Even if you dont agree with the purpose, these are heartfelt, passionate lyrics if there ever were any.  The crencendo “Fight Back” always has had me raising my fists since I can remember and will continue to do so.   Ok, enough reminiscing on old tunes done new, the rest of the record...So upon first lesson, surprisingly, but perhaps not so surprisingly, what sticks out the most are the drums...how I love Alan Cage!  Wait...its not?  Wow!  The drums pound.  The backups sound like they were lifted from the 1990 sessions.  Chakas vocals take a little bit getting used to as it comes across more like Orange 9mm like not Burn.  Semantics I suppose, but Chakas vocals and Gavins guitar approach just comes off so damn groovy which isn't bad.  So groovy which means so danceable. Damn my 40 something ass.  I am of the camp that I hate seeing bands get back together for festival paychecks playing the same damn songs over and over again with nothing new to offer (DK, Youth of Today, Shelter, Judge, Underdog, etc.). Burn proves that not only can it be done, but it can be done so damn well.  Young bands, pay attention to this approach.  Its one of the reasons you listen to what you listen today!

If I got this LP when I was 16, not only would I listen to it every day, Id be reading the lyric book over and over again as well.  So much bang for your buck in this release, however I download code would've been nice to Deathwish.  I love love love that after all these years the infamous BURN logo is still used over and over again.  Never lose that thing im telling you!  Deathwish always seems to get things done right.  I may not love everything they do, but you can tell when a label half ass’s stuff, DW does not.  Gorgeous package all around.

Pressing Stats:

Pressing #:  2nd, Repress Color: Red, Black Qty Pressed: 700/??? Additional Info: Other Pressings and Colors Available

Track Listing:

A Drop of Patience

Revealing the Prey

In the Meantime

Armed With Anger

Synopsis:

For my personal preference of the genre, this record is my Age of Quarrel or Victim in Pain etc.  One of my favorite all time hardcore bands is Burn and Absolution thanks to Gavin Van Vlack spawned both bands thus making me a huge fan of Gavin and his axe.  Sadly Absolution disbanded prior to me being old enough to see them live but Burn along with Quicksand, Supertouch, and Into Another were the four bands that I traveled to see every weekend I could if they were playing within 100 miles or so of where I lived.  Absolution to me defined groovy hardcore and thats what I love.  Tribal beats, gun slinging guitar riffs, Djinji’s legendary vocals and legendary stage presence that from what im told, only HR in his day was better.  Bottomline, you really needed to know how to dance or groove to these guys not just knuckle drag around the floor, and that makes the subgenre so appealing to me.  

The layout shouldn't work for me, very simplistic and hard to read the bad cover, very basic and drab insert with ordinary typesetting.  Outsiders wont know what this is about at all, but still when I see that font repeated 4x or the straight black cover with the simple Absolution in boldfaced type setting, I can pass up the opportunity to listen to it.  Personal story.  in the early 2000′s during the myspace or early Facebook days, I befriended Djinji with a basic fanboy message telling him how I reacquired my copy of the 7″ and how the music reminded me how much I loved his and the bands work.  I also stated no need to respond, but I just wanted to tell you that this record will always mean alot to me and he deserved any recognition he gets.  What I got the next morning was a very humble and thoughtful response the very next morning about how he appreciated my comments and how amazing the feeling is when someone is connected to a record like that and how he understood what I meant.  A year later, Absolution announced they were going to do one reunion show in NYC at the Knitting Factory and he was going to fly up from Miami to do so.  Sadly I wasn't able to attend, but my hope is that my message to him and others encouraged the band to do so.  Not for selfish reasons, but for the purpose of Absolution getting the respect and notoriety which they deserve.  Get this!

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Pressing Stats

Pressing #: 1st

Color:  Clear

Qty Pressed: 317

Additional Info:  Other Pressings Available

Track Listing

Helvetica

Hartley

Fire Drill

What If

We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It

Ammunition

Man Thing

Sick Day

Put Your Head Down and Run