Clear Heads

Dan drums for Strung Along and lives a few miles up the road from me. I've sold him some of my old cassettes, and an Only Living Witness t-shirt in the past. When he was looking to sell off his copy of the This Is Hardcore pressing of the Clear 7 inch, he came to me first.

We agreed on a price back in June, but it wasn't until January that we were able to finally get together for the exchange. Seven months. It was ridiculous that it took so long, but I can be a terrible procrastinator, and I never carry cash, so time and time again I failed to make any concrete plans. Since we were both going to be at the Cruel Hand show, it was finally time for us to seal the deal.

Dan is hell of a guy, and when I meet him at the show, he took the agreed upon price for the record and cut it in half. There is no way I should have been able to get this record for such a great price, but the dude is cool like that. Thanks, man.

Clear Second Pressing

The Clear demo is absolute Straight Edge perfection. Six songs in under five minutes. It will be a true tragedy if this band fails to give us another record.

It was no surprise that the first pressing from Triple B sold out. It was also no surprise that I was one of the first in line to buy two more copies when the second press was available.

100 were pressed on pink...400 pressed on yellow.

Sometimes a collection of records will look so perfect that I have to take a picture.

Single, Double, Triple B

Back in May, Triple B threw up three new pre-orders. Two of them I was pretty psyched for, the other one I picked up just because it was there.

I wasn't too interested in the new 7 inch from Rude Awakening. The preview track that Triple B posted sounded okay, and had kind of that Backtrack vibe going on, so I rolled the dice and threw $5.00 at it.

I don't know if it will get regular spins, but I did find that I enjoyed the record more than I expected. Rude Awakening feature 3/5 of Wrench's band from a few years ago, Resist. Josh Hynes takes over vocal duties here, and at times, his voice sounds a lot like early Ensign. Not bad.

100 pressed on teal vinyl.

Clear. I've been hearing this name dropped for about a year...an old school, Straight Edge band with Pat Flynn on vocals. This demo 7 inch is worth the hype.

300 pressed on clear vinyl.

6 songs in under 5 minutes. A record so short, the same songs are pressed on both sides...kind of like my cassette copy of Reign in Blood.

600 pressed on clear blue vinyl.

Featuring members from Wake Up Call and Cruel Hand, DNA make a serious mark in the Hardcore scene with their debut 7 inch.

100 pressed on white and black swirl.

I caught DNA about a year ago, and they covered a Bad Brains song, and I can hear that influence throughout this record. The songs are played with the same kind of frantic energy, and lyrics are sung so fast that I have a hard time following along. Seriously, just listen to Gonna Break and try and keep up.

200 pressed on black.

300 pressed on clear.