wishingwell / giant. gri 16019-1 / 13 tracks / 1988

RI (CD): D: lost & found records / 1995

RI (CD): cargo records. / 18 tracks / ?

+ lyric sheet. 500 on red vinyl, tour press of 200 on white vinyl, rest on black. Test pressings with generic test press labels in plain white sleeve, some with a cue sheet/promo sheet. CD rerelease on Cargo records together with “We’ll make the Difference” 7”. CD rerelease on Lost & Found with no bonus tracks.

Semi classic of the late 80’s straight edge revival. Insted were definitely none of the most original bands of that scene, but this LP sums up the west coast sXe sound pretty well; fast and tight hardcore with shouted choruses. The powerful production is a big plus, chunky guitars and thundering drums. Their best. [7]

SE-Klassiker der zweiten Reihe. Insted waren sicherlich nicht die originellste Band dieses Genres, aber diese LP fasst den End-80er-West-Coast-Sound ganz gut zusammen; schneller und kompakter Straight-Edge-Hardcore mit geschrieenen Vocals und Chören. Die kraftvolle Produktion ist ein großes Plus, Gitarren und Drums haben viel Power. Ihre beste Platte.

Tracks: tell me / united / good things / choose for yourself / face to face / standing still // live and let live / time to change / faith / be someone / at last / state of confusion / proud youth