Cheap 7 Inch Haul: 2001 Far From Breaking

Far From Breaking is another one of those early 2000 bands that I rarely think about playing. The band released two 7 inches, and I have a good time with both of them, but for some reason this era of hardcore tends to get pushed aside when I'm looking for something to listen to. I really need to make an effort to go back and pull out of these records because stuff like this is a blast to revisit.

While I was filling my cart with cheap 7 inches from Discogs, I noticed this blue vinyl for the first Far From Breaking 7 inch, and quickly grabbed it. It's funny because I'm pretty sure that Doug was selling a bunch of this kind of stuff a few years ago, including a bunch of Far From Breaking records, but I was in a different musical headspace and I wasn't interested, so he ended up dumping it all at one of his local record store. Man, what I wouldn't give to go back and take a crack at some of those records now.

The Made My Choice record was released on Third Party, and it definitely fits that sound and style the label was doing in the mid to late 90's. Just young kids playing simple straight edge hardcore. I'm down with it.

The second Far From Breaking 7 inch was released on Youngblood and is a definite improvement. The band still plays that straight edge hardcore style, but the songs are tighter and better written.

I didn't actually order this record. The seller must have checked my collection on Discogs, as he mentioned that he noticed I didn't own the blue vinyl pressing for The Identity, and threw it in the order for free. Good deal!

I'm not really setting out to collect Far From Breaking records, but here we are.

Two and a Halfmast

At the beginning of the year, I picked up a copy of Halfmast's first 7 inch, Influence. I'd never heard it before, and after stumbling across a copy on eBay, 15 years after it's initial release, I decided to finally grab a copy.

The one I bought had a green cover, but I also was aware that a white and a yellow cover also existed. When I recently saw the 7 inch with the white cover available for 99 cents on eBay, I couldn't resist buying it. I'm a sucker for buying different pressings of those early to mid-90's bands that no one cares about anymore.

Hey, this record isn't going to blow anyone away, but for some mid-90's Straight Edge Hardcore, it is still a fun listen.

When I posted about my first copy back in February, I had commented on the cheap vinyl that came with the green cover pressing. It looks like Third Party used some better quality for the later pressings that got the white cover.