No Good At Goodbyes

There are some bands and styles of hardcore that just don't work for me. When I was going to a lot of shows, there were some bands that I did not like based on the crowd they drew. A lot of really hard and tough shit I just didn't hang with. I preferred high fives and stagedives over demonstrating my style. So when Triple B starting putting out records that seemed to fall more in line with that tough guy style, I stopped paying attention.

Gridiron was one of the bands that turned me off when I first saw their No Good At Goodbyes record in the Triple B store. Meh, the album cover was giving bad Agnostic Front vibes and I wasn't interested in checking them out. At the end of 2022(?) the guys on the 185 Miles South podcast were talking high praise for the band in their yearly recap, and so I finally broke down and checked them out, and to my surprise they weren't bad. They play hardcore mixed with a kind of hip hop swagger that reminds me of Biohazard... and I've never really liked that band... but here and now, I could appreciate the fun and ignorant (not derogatory) vibe that Gridiron brings.

After sitting with the songs on this record for a while, I finally decided that I did need to own this. No Good At Goodbyes is just such a fun time. Fuck the hard stance and tough attitude and lets just have a good time with this record. I've got friends in Pennsylvania, and they like sports things, so when I saw that Triple B was doing a pressing on "Eagles swirl" colored vinyl, I thought it would be a fun tribute to my PA pals and I grabbed copy. 250 pressed.