I never been that of a screamo fan bit this record is still one of my favourite records of all time, I'm talking about the full length by this (American?) screamo band in the mid 90's...I fell in love directly with this record due it's great lay out and beautiful packaging.
The Music on it is a very intense form of screamo with some emo influences...just check it out yourself...
I got the LP (which is out of print and expensive on Ebay), the split with Breakwater and one song on the "I Can't Live Withou It" compilation.
One of the best gigs I saw in 2008...when I came home after this gig, I found out that it was on fabchannel...so I ripped the Audio from a streaming website and cut it to pieces and tagged the songs...great quality by the way...check out the sort of intermezzo in Upward over the Mountain...SO GOOD
Back in 1998 I guess I was at this show with Mallorn, Reveal, Mark of the Devil and some others in the South of Holland and I remember talking to Ralf from the Once So Close distro and he advised me to buy the Loxiran 7".
Years later this 7" is still one of my favourite German new school 7"es and even one of my favourite Per Koro releases, a label which I really loved.
I guess they existed from 1996-1998 and released a killer 7" and an okay 10" which were released as a discography record together I guess.
From the north of Holland came this band called Icepick...they were inspired by the Cro-mags as you can hear in their music and released a demotape, MCD (called Goldrush on www.njwrecords.com) and had this song on a compilation.
Yo, it has been a while since I wrote here, well hopefully I will start writing on weekly base again.
The other new thing is that my blog will be a little different in the future and will be personal in an other way than before.
My goal is to write weekly and upload some music that has been an important part of my life or just music that I love and is hard to find!
The kick-off is by this Dutch band Mallorn....
Mallorn was an emo/screamo band in the early 90s and released a demotape and a mcd. They came from Horst in the south of Holland and played several shows, this was one of these bands that got me into hardcore and this band contained people who introduced me to several new bands and hardcore in general.
The demo-tape contained Johan on vocals (who now plays guitar in Union Town), Loek on bass (plays in Inhume and was in Insult), Aran on guitar (who was in Insult, Fold and plays now as a singer songwriter) and Nabbe the Bastard on drums (was in Insult and plays now in Blind to Faith) and had this more emo twist.
the mcd called "Newborn" contained Nabbe the Bastard on vocals, Willem-jan on bass (was in Insult and now in Eye of Judgement), Aran on guitar and Bjorn on drums.
DOWNLOAD (MCD and DEMO) : http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ff5e1d5bc91239a87432d3c9683f450a240a69653f630b46ce018c8114394287
Last night I went to see Antony and the Johnsons in Antwerp, Belgium. I went there with my best friend Cat and her boyfriend Daniel (Wouter couldn't go, SUCKER hehe). We entered the building and noticed that it was sold out, no suprise because he sold out 3 nights in Holland against doorprices starting with 80 euros.
Inside we took our seat and watched a female dancer who would perform before Antony would hit the stage. A lot of drugs was needed to enjoy it I guess because I couldn't understand it while I was sober.
After 20 minutes Antony and the Johnsons hit the stage, A tranvestite who produces some of hte most intense and beautifull music I have ever heard! He started of with a song from his new record which was a nice opener, the second song was "for today I am a boy" and goosebumps were revealing over my whole body, strange because at the same time Cat was saying to me that she had goosebumps over her whole body during that song! INTENSE!
The hightlight of the entire show which lasted more than 1,5 hour was "Fistfull of Love" which builds up from a really tiny ballad towards a big and soulfull ending which I totally loved!
After 1,5 hour she left the stage and came back to play one of my favourite songs ever: "Hope There's Someone" which was a few years ago the first song I've ever heard by Antony and which totally grab me emotionally through it's lyrics and music... I guess I've posted this song before but I do it again with some lyrics...hope it does that much to you as it does to me: check it out at 0.42! That's how moving music can be!
Hope there's someone Who'll take care of me When I die, will I go
Hope there's someone Who'll set my heart free Nice to hold when I'm tired
There's a ghost on the horizon When I go to bed How can I fall asleep at night
How will I rest my head Oh I'm scared of the middle place Between light and nowhere I don't want to be the one Left in there, left in there
There's a man on the horizon Wish that I'd go to bed If I fall to his feet tonight Will allow rest my head
So here's hoping I will not drown Or paralyze in light And godsend I don't want to go To the seal's watershed
Hope there's someone Who'll take care of me When I die, Will I go
Hope there's someone Who'll set my heart free Nice to hold when I'm tired
