Five years ago, I met Sandwell in Boston and I picked up a bunch of different versions of the Soul Control / I Rise split 7 inch. So it felt right when I saw another version when we were at Wanna Hear It Records this year.
When this split was released in 2007, I felt that Soul Control and I Rise were a couple of my favorite bands at that moment. I don't listen to them much these days, but when I pick up a new version of this record and hear the songs again, it helps to reinforce those old feelings. These four songs are so good. Fuck... this makes me want to listen a bunch of shit from this era again.
This is my sixth version of this split (seven if you count the two versions of the blue vinyl pressing), and posting about this latest one makes me want to track down and buy the last two that I need to complete the collection. No one seems to care about this record... this was only $5 at Wanna Hear It... so technically it should be a cheap and easy goal. We will see.
I had picked up the blue tour cover for this record with Mark 5 years ago. Good to have the white cover now as well.
2 comments:
This is a good reminder to listen to both bands again. I Rise especially is so underrated.
Exactly! I don't mess with Soul Control after that first album, but their early stuff is sooooooo good.
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