Pummel For A King

I'm not sure what it is about the Pummel 7 inch, but it is one of the few newer records that I feel compelled to collect. It is a solid hardcore record from a band out of Boston, the label didn't get stupid with a bunch of different color vinyl options, plus the band has broken up, so I know that this one 7 inch will cover their entire output... essential traits if I want to bother attempting to collect everything for a record.

Picking up the Joey's World cover for the Pummel 7 inch last summer was the tipping point. Prior to that I was content with the two copies that I owned... one on blue and one on white... but with the special cover added to the collection, suddenly I wanted them all. Luckily as I was adding to the collection in Discogs, I saw there was a seller that had the record release version with the lion cover, and I was able to spend more money.

I remember when Pummel played their record release show. Covid was really starting to kick in, and while I really wanted to go to the show, the thought of the two and half hour drive down to Massachusetts and south of Boston was enough to turn me off and keep me home. How the fuck was that six years ago? Oh well, got that record release cover eventually.

Pummel's World

About a thousand years ago, before covid turned the world on it's head, I went to a show that Pummel was going to be playing at. I'd seen their name around at that time, but in my typical fashion of judging a band by their name, I prepared to ignore them. Pummel really impressed me and after seeing them play that show, I quickly preordered their 7 inch, Our Power, from Atomic Action, and eventually ended up with both pieces of colored vinyl in my collection. That record had a few different special covers that were made, and I was interested and hopeful in picking them up at some point. Fast forward five years, and I was happy to finally scoop one up.

After pissing about with other styles of music over the past couple of years, it feels good to be back obsessing over hardcore and buying records like an idiot again. Even though this limited cover of Our Power was probably still priced too high, I couldn't resist adding this to the cart when I was picking up other records from a Discogs seller.

According to Discogs, this special cover is listed as the Joey's World cover, which I feel too old and out of touch to understand what that is supposed to mean. Oh well, at least it looks good and it's limited to 40.

Pummeled Again

For someone that claims to no longer play the game of buying multiple copies of records, I've certainly been buying multiple copies for a lot of records. I don't know if it is because I've recently been obsessed with newer hardcore bands or what, but it has been fun picking up some additional copies of some of my favorite records from the past couple of years.

Pummel are a newer hardcore band that flies the Boston Hardcore flag. Given the band name and that horrible cover art for their 7 inch, I would have normally ignored them... however, they were playing the Vantage Point record release show that I went to back in January last year, and after checking out thier live set I was impressed enough to pick up their record from Atomic Action. This record really grew on me, and it quickly became one of my favorites last year. With four songs clocking in under ten minutes made it real easy to throw the record on for a quick blast.

I've been itching to pick up the blue vinyl pressing for a while now, and being in the Atomic Action webstore for the Chain Reaction record recently, gave me the push that I needed. 400 pressed.

Pummel Power

I was riding a hardcore high the last few months and was hungry to check out any new band. When I went to the Vantage Point record release show back in January, I made an effort to check out every band on the bill prior to the show. I'd seen the name Pummel thrown around over the past year, but honestly, I was never interested in giving them a chance as the band's name kind of put me off.

Seeing how Pummel were playing the Vantage Point show, I decided to check them out on Spotify. Much to my surprise, they were kind of good. They had a 7 inch due out soon on Atomic Action, so I checked out a song from the upcoming record and really liked that as well. After catching them live, and watching the crowd go off to them, I made up my mind to preorder the new record, Our Power.

This record is really cool. Great solid hardcore. 100 pressed on white vinyl.