dsi records. dsi lp 002 / 10 tracks / 1988

500 made on black vinyl, numbered sticker on front sleeve. + lyric sheet + band flyer. Ron Winters and Mike Davis later in the Blood Bats. Engineered by Don Zientara and Eli Janney.

While there are still some genuine emo core songs on their 2^nd LP (“Primitive Dave” is as close to Dag Nasty as you can get without actually covering one of their songs), most of this album is not as similar to the Dischord emo posse anymore as their first LP. They're branching out into several musical styles at once; metal, rock, NY-style hardcore, and some of it is just generic 80's hardcore. This is a solid LP, the basis is still DC emo core and there are some interesting songs, but I liked the first LP better. [7]

Nicht mehr ganz so dicht an den DC-Vorbildern wie auf ihrer ersten LP. Die Basis ist zwar noch immer Emocore à la frühe Dag Nasty, aber Foundation machen hier häufiger Ausflüge in andere Musikgefilde wie Rock, Metal oder NY-Hardcore; manche Songs klingen auch einfach nach Standard-80er-Hardcore. Im Ganzen eine ordentliche LP, aber die erste hat mir etwas besser gefallen.

Tracks: summer solstice / emo o.d. / mumble / must you keep us awake with your constant urinating? / the incredible mr limpet // primitive dave / the world turns all around her / living room / walking on stilts / foundation