vagrant records. vr316-vr320 / 10 tracks / 1995

+ label catalog, Thanx sheet and mailing list card. Cover art by Taz.

Nice box set with five 45s with tracks by Seaweed (powerful rocking & melodic HC), The Meices (rock hardcore, OK), Tilt (catchy pop core with a good female singer), Samiam (desperate emo core, OK), J Church (powerful HC punk with more grunge/rock influence than usual), Fluf (Black Flag cover, OK, but the original is better), Alcohol Funnycar (melancholic & powerful, nice), Treepeople (straight & fast with weird guitars = hardcore grunge), Down by Law (great hardcore à la Dag Nasty), Face to Face (good Descendents live cover). All songs are exclusive I believe, except for Seaweed (Sub Pop promo 7” B side) and Samiam (different to the version on Clumsy). High quality stuff here, good one. [7]  

Fünf-EP-Boxset mit Seaweed (kraftvoller, rockiger und melodischer HC), The Meices (Rock-HC, OK), Tilt (eingänger Pop-Core mit einer recht guten Sängerin),  Samiam (verzweifelter Emocore, OK), J Church (HC Punk mit Power, aber etwas grungig/rockiger als sonst), Fluf (Black-Flag-Song, ganz OK, aber das Original ist besser), Alcohol Funnycar (schön melancholisch-kraftvoller Song, gut), Treepeople (schneller und geradliniger Song mit etwas schrägen Gitarren, Hardcore-Grunge, sozusagen), Down by Law (1A-Hardcore mit Dag-Nasty-Appeal, klasse), Face to Face (gut gecoverter Descendents-Song, ordentlicher Livetrack). Insgesamt ein angenehm guter Sampler - keine Ausfälle und fast nur unveröffentlichte Songs.

Tracks: Seaweed - sing through me // The Meices - burnin’ for you /// Tilt - confines of love // Samiam - time by the dime /// J Church - guitar center // Fluf - jealous again /// Alcohol Funnycar - chicken wings // Treepeople - yes my legs are broken /// Down by Law - dag punk // Face to Face - bikeage