modern method records. md-268 / 17 tracks / 1981

Early Boston comp., released just before hardcore took over the city. A side has some cool punk rock, some songs are noisier, others are more rocking, but almost everything here is at least OK; Outlets and La Peste are the highlights. B side has more experimental stuff, ranging from nice power pop punk to obnoxious saxophone crap. OK. [7]

Früher Boston-Sampler, kurz bevor die ganze HC-Geschichte losging. Auf der A-Seite überwiegend punkiger Stoff, manchmal krachig, manchmal etwas rockig, aber durchweg ordentlich und ohne größere Ausfälle. Die B-Seite widmet sich (wie bei vielen Samplern dieser Zeit) experimentelleren Klängen, reicht von stark punkigem Power Pop bis zu schwer erträglichem Saxophon-Gehupe. Insgesamt recht interessant, wenn auch die echten Highlights fehlen.

Tracks: Pastiche - psycho blonde / The Outlets - 3rd floor for me / Future Dads - new feeling / Boys Life - i wasn’t me / La Peste - army of apathy / Swingers Resort - hit list / Young Snakes - brains and eggs / Vacuumheads - preppie girls / La Peste - lease on life // Suade Cowboys - master / Bound & Gagged - black sand / Someone and the Somebodies - before and after / Pastiche - this reminds me of the future / Bird Songs of the Mesozoic - pulse piece / The Loners - planet spirit / Bound & Gagged - personal monsters / Boys Life - heroes of the dead