Peacebreakers

Here is a band that has been getting a ton of attention lately. This Boston band sounds like much of the late great knuckle dragger hardcore and you know I got no complaints about that. Their members play/have played in bands like Boston Stranger, Waste Management, Social Circkle, Blank Stare, Scapegoat and more. This is a fantastic 7" and was really difficult for me to track down. I believe it was pressed out of /500 on black.

Part of the controversy surrounding this band revolves around a song called "Foreign Exchange" which does sound like an anti-immigration song. However, I would be really surprised if that is what they meant by it. When I hear it, I hear it more so about pieces of shit trying to get in their scene, and they're telling them to get the fuck out. I don't know if there have been any "official" statements made yet but it's amazing how quick people can jump to conclusions. Maybe this controversy helped this become one of the most sought after pieces of vinyl this year? Either way, this release rules and I actually prefer this band to Boston Strangler and the rest of the bands mentioned above.

Social Fail

Digging back into the archives, here is one I got back in early April from a record shop that was definitely a fail. I was thinking I found some new release from Social Circkle, and didn't really look close enough at the art work to release this was a different band with a different spelling. Circle without the "k". Oops. I haven't even listened to this yet. Who knows, maybe this thing is really good. I'll have to throw it on sometime. 

SHOCK CITY!

Here is my copy of "City Shock" by Social Circkle on black, and I really like this album! So I downloaded it a while back and have been listening to it for a while. I had been hesitating to buy it since the color copies were long gone, but finally I said fuck it, I've listened to it enough times on mp3 that I owe the band a vinyl purchase. The layout is kind of cool.... I guess? 4 people with shirts, one says the bands name, one is wearing a button with the album name, and then two on the back with the song names. Also, If you like chicks with beer guts then you will love the back of this record.  Regardless of layout, this is a solid release for fans of '77 style punk.