I've already talked this week about a couple 90's hardcore bands that I was familiar with at the time, but didn't really spend much time with them. Let's add one more to the list with Despair. Like with Harvest, I had a couple of Despair CDs back in the day, and I'd give them a spin every once in a while, but I never really found them too exciting compared to other bands that were around at the time and over the years I buried them in a dark corner and kind of forgot about them. As I was picking up a couple of records from an overseas seller, I noticed they had a couple of Despair records available and on a whim I added them to the order.
Despair don't reach the heights of my discoveries this year like Disembodied and Harvest, but they are still a good time. One Thousand Cries was the first 7 inch from Despair in 1995, and definitely fit that chunky hardcore sound from that era. Honestly, this is the type of shit that has been sustaining me the last few months and rediscovering Despair has been so much fun. "Now breathe some life!" *moshes across the room*
Love the look of this orange colored vinyl. Makes me want to pair it with the white vinyl pressing.
When you are on a 90's hardcore kick, why buy just one Despair 7 inch when you can buy two? It helps to justify the overseas order if you can add multiple records to the order.
As We Bleed was released in 1996, and at the time I bought the CD which had one additional song that wasn't on the 7 inch. Now I'm happy to finally have the vinyl in my collection. I'm having too much fun chasing this shit.
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