vermin scum. vsr #11 / 12 tracks / 1991

Hand printed/screened covers with various ink colors (I have seen black and yellow/green), inner sleeve is also screened, + screened insert.

A split LP with semi legendary status among the emo/screamo kids since the Moss Icon side predates most of that genre while already displaying an almost fully developed emo scheme: calm, melodic beginnings, slowly building towards emotional, noisier hardcore parts, breakdowns etc etc. Most of the Silver Bearing side is chaotic and amateurish, er, “art punk” with saxophones, but occasionally they launch into surprisingly good and tight punk/hardcore. That does not happen a lot, though, so Moss Icon are definitely the main draw on this LP. [7]

Split-LP, die vor allem bei Emo- und Screamo-Kids wegen der Moss-Icon-Tracks beliebt ist. Die MI-Seite hat dann auch die typischen Emocore-Eigenschaften, die eigentlich erst viel später populär wurden: lange, ruhige, melodische Songs, die sich langsam zu emotionellem, krachigen Hardcore entwickeln, Breakdowns usw. Silver Bearings spielen chaotisch-dilettantischen “Art Punk” mit Saxophon; ziemlich nervig, streckenweise verwandelt sich das aber in erstaunlich guten Punk - leider viel zu selten, so dass Moss Icon der Hauptgrund für den Kauf der LP sind.

Tracks: Moss Icon - guatemala / gravity / as afterwards the words still ring / familiar presides // Silver Bearing - arizona / weather / jazz one / hollerin like a metal god / polka of lust / audra:country / drop it (weather) / arabic language