The One Thing That Still Holds True

When I was talking with Marcus about Initial Records a couple of months ago, he had recommended that I also check the Roosevelt's Inaugural Parade 7 inch that the label released.

Last year I heavily got into Disembodied, Harvest and that kind of early metal influenced hardcore sound.

Back when I started this blog, I was working on collecting the Blue Monday LP, Rewritten.

This year, I've spent some time hanging out in my early 2000's hardcore playlists.

Back in April, I was driving back from a weekend visiting friends in Pennsylvania.

A few years ago, I had a slight R.E.M. obsession going.

A couple of months ago, I mentioned a music project that I've been doing with my friend Sarah.

It is kind of shocking to me just how quickly I forget about recent bands and records.

When I picked up a few Frostbite records earlier this year, I didn't expect it to spin me into a full-on early 2000 hardcore obsession... but here we are.

Mean Season were one of those 90's hardcore bands that I lost track of over the years.

This is my final post for the Initial First Five project that Marcus and I did.

Initial Records number 3 is the Guilt 7 inch.

Initial Records number two was the Ricochet 7 inch.

When I posted a Beck record here back in June, I mentioned that I'd gotten into it because of a monthly music project that I've been doing with my friend Sarah, where we tackle an album from 1996 that neither of us are familiar with.

Scheme Records is my go-to label for good music right now.

When I was in the Metal Blade shop picking up the new Armored Saint, I was surprised to see that they had a new Dead Heat album for sale as well.

I'm not gonna lie... it has been a bit of a struggle with new metal records this year.

Touche Amore are a band that I've wanted to get into, but they just never clicked.

Somewhere along the way, I saw that New Age was going to be releasing a record from a new band called See It Through.

Pulling another New Wave Of British Heavy Metal record from Tim's collection.

My collection for The Smiths consisted only of their two compilations, Hatful Of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs.

It has been a while since I dipped into more of the records that I've picked up from Tim's collection.

There is something about obnoxious snotty punk that just feels perfect for summer.

You know I'm a sucker for 90's hardcore right?

When I was buying a couple of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal records from a UK seller, I figured that I might as well add to the order to try and make it worth the overseas shipping fees.