the dupage collective. g.a.i. 005 / 5 tracks / 2002 (??)

Green vinyl. Two-part cardboard cover. + lyric booklet and label flyer. Numbered test pressing of 50 copies.

Classic midwest screamo. Slowly building songs, starting calm and getting more and more aggressive. Unlike many other bands of that genre, the tracks are not building towards crying and breakdowns, it’s more about hate and aggression, very rough and intense. Great stuff, and the music is really interesting and intelligent, even when they’re blasting away. [8]

Exzellenter Midwest-Screamo. Wie bei vielen anderen Bands des Genres beginnen die Songs leise und melodisch; hier jedoch endet das dann nicht in Schreien und Weinen, sondern in Hass und Aggression - sehr intensiv. Die Musik ist selbst bei den härtesten Passagen noch komplex und interessant. Super.

Tracks: fair-say question hearsay / render nothing sacred // demise of the half-empty / in a world of formal handshakes / functioning on autopilot