The Shivering - "Brand The Lion's Mouth" 7" 2003

"This band are so good at what they do, it's a shame more people don't know this. And here are two more high energy emotive hardcore blasts on this Council released 7". First up is "Brand the Lions Mouth" with it's urgent and driven guitars. Spencer's vocals are yelled with a huge sense of passion, and musically it is more in the vein of something like Torches to Rome than their previous efforts, especially in the sound of the guitars. It's pretty quickfire and over almost too soon. I love the b-side, "Coda Q", which also has a very Mike Kirsch feel to it. One of the other members of the band joins in for vocals on this to great effect. It starts off with a big thick groove that pours things on. As the song develops it grows into a repetitious tune with a fantastic melodic groove and it latches on - the extra vocals really come to the fore hear as it descends into a tumultuous emo finale with yelled and cried vocals tangling together. Sway back and forth to this." -from Collective Zine

There are still some available on the Ebullition Mailorder site. Get it while you can.

Council Records #23

Side A:

1. Brand The Lions Mouth

Side B:

1. Coda Q


The Shivering - "Brand The Lion's Mouth" 7"

In Vain 7" 1995

"In Vain was an emo/hardcore band, active in the mid 1990s.
They released a demo cassette, a self-titled 7”, a split 7” with Council of Five Nations, a split 7” with Piebald and had a song on the Youth Power Records compilation 7” .
Their sound was comparable to better-known bands such as Current and Native Nod.
They had a throbbing bass sound with a squealing guitar sound, that was broken up in parts with arpeggios and creative walking basslines that were a staple of the emo sound.
Their vocals were very outwardly emotional and dissonant and whilst they were “introspective” their sound was rooted in punk rock, like counterparts Chino Horde and Prozac Memory." -from last.fm

Youth Power #2

Side A:

1. Moss
2. One Cup Sugar

Side B:

1. Bumps
2. Headboard Leaning In

In Vain 7"

Rice 7" 1992

Vinyl Communications #36

Side A:

1. Sick
2. Rice Picker
3. In Rice We Survive

Side B:

1. Under My Skin
2. The Seeds
3. Breaking The Ice

The first time I heard this record it blew my mind. How could some songs about rice get me so fired up? They could have been singing about anything...it's the energy in the songs, the ideas. Fuck, Rice is amazing! They were the future...apparently they played a few shows recently (Rop being the only original of the 90's members) The songs on this 7" seem to differ slightly from the versions on the "Fuck You This Is Rice" discography Lookout released. The "Banned From Gilman (95)" 7 inch was excluded from that discography, probably due to the low quality of the recording. I've included that as well in a separate link. It's one solid track and as I mentioned above the sound quality is quite poor...but enjoyable if Rice is your thing. There's a Rice blog here.

And here's the tunes, enjoy!

Rice 7"
Banned From Gilman (95)

....

Well, Im back. Portland was great, I think I need to live there at some point in the near future...it's just a matter of finding a job there. My summer working in the Sequoia National Park was also amazing, living in a tent in the forest is so nice.
Theres a lot of records I would like to post so I'll try not to lag too bad...

Hinge - Meaning 7" 1994

Vagary Records #? 1994

Side A:

1. Psalm
2. Follow The Leader

Side B:

1. Rhyme And Reason
2. How The West Was Won


Hinge - Meaning 7"

Ich habe Kartoffelsalat in meine Lederhosen

So the blog is gonna be put on hold temporarily while I make a move to Portland for a few months. Im not taking much with me (clothes, skateboard, and bicycle) so I wont have access to my records or computer for a while. Hopefully finding a job wont be too difficult and the posts will start back up again soon...wish me luck, eh?

Embassy - Eight Songs 12" 1995

Outer Universe Research (OR-03)

Side A:

1. Beyond Bridges
2. Baby Blue Day Dream
3. Whispers of No Small Intent
4. Behind Closed Doors

Side B:

1. Beauty in the Sky
2. Departure
3. Training Wheels
4. Flowers Bloom


Embassy - Eight Songs 12"

All the President's Men 12" comp. 1994

Old Glory #12 (NGR-12)

Track Listing:

1. Assfactor 4 - Close Captioning for the Blind
2. Maximilian Colby - Petty Fix
3. Julia - Forge in Wind
4. Fingerprint - Liberation
5. Policy of 3 - Improv Culture Kill
6. Hoover - Breather Resist
7. Acme - ...
8. Ordination of Aaron - Parthenon
9. Shotmaker - Pilot
10. Hose.Got.Cable - Proof Without Mark

And yet another reminder of just how awesome comps (and labels) of the '90's were. If you're reading this I'm sure you've heard of most (if not all) of these bands. For a while I was trying to acquire any Old Glory releases I could get my hands on.
There's some really good records floatin' around out there thanks to that Vermont label...

All the President's Men comp.