Like Sand...

I picked up the Almighty Watching 7 inch back in 2022, and that thing ended up being one of my favorite hardcore records that year. I'm not sure that they caught the attention of anyone else, but they definitely made an impression on me. They really nail a 90's hardcore style that never fails to hook me.

I don't typically pay attention to discography or band compilation records these days, but I did get sucked into picking up the Like Sand... record for Almighty Watching. The a-side has the songs from the Doubtless 7 inch, but I was just happy to have the collection of comp songs on the b-side... with a Breakdown cover thrown in for good measure. I don't own any of the comps that those songs originally appeared on, so it was cool to have them all in one place.

Shit. Now that I own this, it has kind of created a collector itch, and I want to scratch it by picking up the green vinyl press of the 7 inch. Clear vinyl for the comp LP is limited to 100.

Almighty Watching

Almighty Watching had a track on Volume 5 of the America's Hardcore comp that Triple B released last year. That comp was ridiculous with 39 songs by 38 different bands. Almost an hour and a half of music. It was too much for my brain, and it should be no surprise that some bands flew by me and didn't get any attention. One of the bands that I missed was Almighty Watching. It may have been the religious implication of the band name, but I paid them very little attention on that AHC comp.

Sometimes the Spotify algorithm knows what it is doing, and when it dropped an Almighty Watching song into my mix, I immediately dropped what I was doing and had to find out who this band was. I'm not sure who they remind me of... online hype mentions bands like Stillsuit and Mind Over Matter... and Almighty Watching definitely has a 90's hardcore vibe, so those bands seem like a good enough reference point. Whatever the comparisons are, this is surprisingly great, and it wasn't long before I needed to get my hands on this 7 inch.

There were 100 pressed on clear vinyl, and surprisingly this is still available in the Scheme Records store.