Line Of Refuse 25

I had my love for hardcore rekindled in big way during the last half of last year. I was excited checking out 90's hardcore bands that I kind of missed the first time around, I had a blast picking up some fun records at Wanna Hear It, I was picking up some cool shit from bands that no one cares about in 2025, and there was some fun new hardcore poppin'. In the middle of all that, I was buying a bunch of records that I didn't get posted up here because the backlog outweighed the number of posts that I could produce at the time. So yeah, here is something that I picked up last August.

So in my hardcore mania, I happened to stumble upon Line Of Sight. I really liked this band when I heard their Dissent 7 inch back in 2018, and it is a shame that they seemed to have disappeared after that record. I dunno, man, listening to this again today, and I'm inclined to say it is one of my favorite hardcore 7 inches in recent years (you know, if 7 years is recent).

When the Dissent 7 inch was released, Refused Records over in Europe combined it with the band's demo and pressed it to a 12 inch. As I was hungry for hardcore last summer, I was checking Discogs to see if there was any Line Of Sight records available, and I was happy to discover that a US seller had the Refuse 25th anniversary edition availble for a good price.

Number 23 of 25 made.

Line Of Sight

When I first heard the Line Of Sight demo back in 2015, it didn't really hold my attention, and I was quickly moving on to other things. Give me a break, man. Iron Maiden and Slayer had just released new albums, so I already had my plate full.

When Youngblood announced earlier this year that they were releasing a new Line Of Sight 7 inch, I figured that maybe I'd give the band another try. I mean, that demo from a couple years ago had a lot of hype, so maybe I just needed to revisit it with a fresh frame of mind.

I've been very happy with some of the new Hardcore records that have been released this year, so with that mindset, I found that the Line Of Sight demo fit right in with what I've been listening to lately. I loved it and quickly placed my order with Youngblood for the new 7 inch.

Oh hell yes. This record is great. Youngblood delivers again.

100 pressed on purple vinyl. 200 pressed on clear, and 250 on black vinyl.

When I was placing my order with Youngblood, the purple vinyl option was sold out. If I wanted it, I would need to spring for the pre-order package which included all three pressings, plus a t-shirt. All I really wanted was the two colored vinyl options, but instead I walked away with the full package...just so I could get the limited purple. What's an extra $24 just so that I could get what I wanted?

Refused Records out of Europe took the new Dissent EP, combined it with the demo songs, and released them together as a 12 inch. Line Of Sight received a number of copies, and in an effort to avoid overseas shipping costs, I ordered one direct from the band.

The sleeve on this is glossy as fuck, and really captures every one of my greasy fingerprints.

Cool just to have those demo songs on vinyl. 314 pressed on black vinyl.