Living Outside Society's Shit

When G.L.O.S.S. released their demo back in 2015, it seemed like there was a lot of hype around it at the time. Seemed like everyone was talking about how great this band was... and because I can be dumb sometimes, the hype turned me off. Nah, I don't need to check out a band that everyone has nothing but good things to say. Who wants something like that? *heavy eye roll*

I can't remember why, but a couple of years ago I decided that it was finally time to check out G.L.O.S.S. The band is a trans-feminist hardcore band out of Washington state, and I don't think that I really expected the straight forward pissed off hardcore sound that the band delivered with these demo songs. This shit had my attention immediately, and I loved it. I checked the pressing info and figured that since there weren't multiple colored vinyl copies pressed for this thing that it would be cheap and easy to pick up. I was not expecting the price tag that this carried... but that is the landscape of record collecting these days... everything seems expensive.

I didn't pick up the record for the G.L.O.S.S. demo when I first heard it, but a couple of months ago I finished reading a book by Michael McDowell called Gilded Needles, and it seemed a perfect match with this 7 inch. Gilded Needles is set in the late 1880's and follows Lena Shanks, who leads a ring of female criminals in an area of Manhattan... and it seemed to pair perfectly with a band/record named Girls Living Outside Of Society's Shit. Every once in a while I'm moved to post a book and record combo on Instagram and this match seemed to perfect to pass up... so it was finally time to put up the money needed to acquire this 7 inch. I found a listing on Discogs that included the zine that the record came with and I jumped on it. Such a great hardcore record with important things to say. Happy to finally appreciate and to own this.