hand held heart. uftf 04 / 5 tracks / 1998 (?)

First press has wraparound paper strip, most on black, some on blue vinyl. Tour press of 188 copies on blue in an alternate manilla sleeve. Test pressings with generic yellow Erika test press labels, no sleeve. Second press on black without the strip. + lyric sheet.

Gloomy driving & intensive hardcore from Boston/Amherst. Similar to some of the bands on Prank (HHIG, Talk is Poison, Deathreat), well played & well produced. Convincing debut, even though their more recent stuff (like the Ebullition LP) is even better. [7]  

Düsterer, treibender und intensiver Hardcore aus Boston; der Vergleich zu einigen Bands des Prank-Labels liegt nahe (HHIG, Deathreat, Talk is Poison). Gut gespielt und produziert; die späteren Sachen, vor allem die LP auf Ebullition, sind noch besser, aber dies ist in jedem Fall ein überzeugendes Debut.

Tracks: mean s.o.b. / 36 day syndrome / osk // hit the ground / stagnant