A Step Apart to the Future

I love rip-off covers and "Back to the Future" is easily one of my favourite movies (at least it is in my top 10, I guess). So there was no excuse to miss out on the following record:


I only had a regular black vinyl pressing of A Step Apart's debut 7" so this was a nice way to upgrade to a more limited version. These guys from the Netherlands were pretty big a few years ago, but I am not sure about the long term test... We will see. But it was definitely nice to hear these songs again.


Not Just Words Records' (one of the best european labels, by the way) pressing info says this is out of 110, the back of the record says mine is #54 out of 100. I have no clue which one is right.

Set your Control

Last week, two pre-orders came in. The first one was Soul Control's new effort:

Not much to say about this one, as I only heard it once, yet. Plus I am not that into the hype about them. For some stupid reason, I even didn't go to their show last month. The first time listening to this record was a fun time, though. Typical stuff you would expect. Similar to Burn or Lion of Judah. I bet the next time I listen to this, it will blow my mind. And i really have to admit that the artwork is absolutely beautiful!

Much easier to access was the second record that came in:


The new Set Your Goals LP. I only listened to it once as well, but this one blew me away, instantly.
This is simply how summer sounds like to me! The perfect combination of bands like Blink 182 and New Found Glory, but still with a little hardcore edge. If you liked their last releases, no need to hate on this one. I was afraid it would be super poppy, but I was wrong. Seriously, just check it out and enjoy the last sunrays. Too bad that the only possibility to get your hands on the very limited blue vinyl was buying a package with the blue/white/black vinyl. I decided that one copy would be enough, so I have to deal with the white vinyl out of 700.

On & Trapped under Floyd

Last Sunday was awesome. ON played a matinee show in my hometown. That means hanging around with friends and having a few beers while watching one of the few "newer" bands that really attracted my attention, recently. Like I expected, the show was amazing. Not that much crowd reaction, but the band showed some energy that made up for it. For some stupid reason, I missed out on the pre-order for their second ep, even though I liked their "Vital times" 7" a lot. But sometimes good things happen -> they had copies of their new 7" to sell - on white vinyl.


Plus it has a Legitimate Bros stamp on it, which makes it (according to various trade lists on howsyouredge) 1 out of 150.


No need to say that the songs are great as well, you know the story...

The next day, I had a day off from work. I used it to shop around at some record stores.
Too bad that there aren't so many left in Hamburg. So I only managed to pick up two records:

Pink Floyd - meddle.

Do you know the famous movie "2001" from Stanley Kubrick?
They say, if you play the (only) song from the B-side to the last (very strange) 20 minutes of the film, it matches perfectly. I always wanted to try that and was curious, what this very very long song would sound like. So I decided that I needed this record. It contains nice psychedelic stuff you would expect from the 70's. I yet have to listen to it parallel to the movie, though :)

At another store, I picked up the new Trapped under ice LP. Here, I also missed out on the pre-order. I heard that the whole first press is sold out as well, but at Burnout they still had copies on clear vinyl out of 1000.


Basically I missed out on this record, because I don't like trends and hypes and I feel that there is a very big hype about TUI at the moment. Recently, I saw them play with Terror and they blew my mind. Amazing grooves and mosh parts. Maybe the missing gap between Terror and Guns Up. At the store, I gave the record a listen and after the first tunes I knew that this copy was gonna be mine. You should give it a try.

Wise Up

When I started out, I was not yet into the idea of getting multiple copies of records (Maybe because I simply couldn't afford it). My goal was to get everything on vinyl in at least one version and that's it. I would prefer the most limited versions, but I thought that it would be impossible for me to get every record in every version. As I wanted something similar, I started the hunt for complete collections of bands I really really like. I don't know why, but it happended to be Right Brigade (will tell that story later) and then Internal Affairs. So here we go with my latest addition to this obsession:

The Internal Affairs demo 7" with Wise Up Zine out of 50.
I already own this, but only without the zine. That obviously didn't feel "complete" to me, so I had to get another copy (now I have a zine-less spare copy for you). The zine contains interesting interviews with Matt Summers and John Joseph, the record awesome tunes by an awesome band that I truly miss. This makes the demo 7" part of my collection complete. Too bad that there is still so much more IA left to search for...

I love SFU!

Okay, let's start this with this one. The Barfight 12" repress out of 105.


Recently, i came home after a tough day at work and found a mail from Six Feet Under regarding this mailorder-only secret record. "Oh no, not again" i thought, as i missed out on the last one, because i wasn't able to order within 2 hours after the newsletter was sent...
but not this time - order placed and there it is. that i never had the chance to get the original 7" made this purchase even more interesting. besides the awesome spraypainted artwork with real blood (Dave - is it you??) the songs are all killers!
Definitely another proof that SFU only concentrates on putting out quality releases - Thanks!!