Absolutes | A New England Hardcore Comp

Another 7 inch compilation. You know I'm not a fan of these things, right? In this internet day and age, do we still need 7 inch comps to introduce us to new bands? I don't really think so, but still, this New England hardcore comp opened my eyes to a couple of bands...and I live in New England, so I guess it did it's job.

The biggest selling point for me on this comp was Sweet Jesus. They are one of Pat Flynn's many bands...the guitarist also plays in Dropdead, which makes for an interesting combination. Sweet Jesus, however, play in a style that in a similar vein as Swiz, so yeah, it is pretty fucking cool.

Death Injection deliver again with some angry Straight Edge Hardcore, but Straight Razor brought a nice surprise. They are another Brendan Radigan (Rival Mob/Magic Circle/Stone Dagger/Battle Ruins) band, and they deliver some solid Hardcore. While I'm not a big fan of Test Of Time, the song here isn't too bad...on the other hand, I have no issue skipping the Holy Hands track every time through.

There were 100 pressed on white vinyl, but according to the note from the label, they came out as pink instead. That's cool. I'll take pink over white vinyl any day.

Wolf Whistle Pack

To the best of my knowledge, Wolf Whistle was Pat Flynn's first post-Have Heart band. For kids that were hoping for Have Heart part 2, they would be severely disappointed.

Like the New England coastline in the Winter, Wolf Whistle are jagged and harsh. Raging and chaotic, the band blast through 11 songs in around 8 minutes for their newest release, MA Glory. Shit is pretty ugly, and is something that I can only take in small doses...but that is okay because it seems that as soon as it starts...it's over.

I must have felt like I had some money to throw around when Six Feet Under made the new Wolf Whistle record available for pre-order, because I ordered all three copies.

I had placed my order back in May, and while I was still waiting for my records in July, Six Feet Under put up some left over copies of MA Glory that were made for the Sound & Fury fest. I grabbed one, giving me four copies for this record.

The difference between the regular press and the limited S&F press is the black frame around the cover.