gravity. 4 ½ / 5 tracks / 1993

+ label flyer.

Powerful & well-produced HC with an experimental edge by AA. Candle are a little more awkward; the first track is still nice & reminds me a bit of some late-80s Dischord stuff, but the other one is pretty boring. [6] (BJ). This was among the first things that Antioch Arrow recorded, and it is not quite as far-out as some of their later stuff - just good solid frantic Gravity-style emo/hardcore. Candle plays the same fast and frenzied style and is actually the standout on this record; slightly tighter and the vocals have a nice strained yet controlled quality. [7] (BS).

Candle klingen in besseren Momenten wie eine Spät-Achtziger-Dischord-Kombo im Probenkeller, in schlechteren wie eine gewöhnliche Holper-Hardcoreband. Die Antioch-Arrow-Tracks sind vom Sound her wesentlich besser und haben in Ansätzen auch den Gravity-typischen Hang zum Experimentellen. Insgesamt ist man allerdings von diesem Label bessere & kraftvollere Musik gewöhnt.

Tracks: Candle - now lost to then / a gain // Antioch Arrow - stilts / times square / fixed orbit