actually i don't have fragrant memories concerning this order at steeltwon records, a german d.i.y. label from eisenhüttenstadt. i was looking for a record from narziss, a not very popular german new school hardcore band with german lyrics. steeltown had it in store and i included some other stuff to make the order worthwhile. i picked up project print 3# (reading project print 4# already led the pleasant discovery of wolfxdown as you can read here) and the self titled 7" of 'the lines we cross' - a band from my former hometown leipzig which i also discovered by reading that fanzine.
first thing that sucked was the information within an e-mail which was forwarded to me by the guy running the label. he told me that he was sorry but the 'narziss' record had sold out. it had been a shelf warmer for years but then somehow a great demand for it came up and i was too late... shit!
anyway, i ordered the rest.
there are two versions available. a white one and the orange vinyl you can see here. i ordered the orange 7". but then what i got was a white copy plus the wrong fanzine. 4# which i already have instead of 3#. i was pissed. as friendly as i could be i wrote a mail to steeltown asking for the right stuff. they asked me to send back the wrong items. i wasn't very happy with paying extra money for postage but then again anyone can have a bad day, right? fuck the €1,50!
i got my orange copy within two days and all trouble was forgotten. the colour of the vinyl is kind of pale but that makes it an interesting shade of orange. that thing which looks like a curtain in picture one is the fold out insert and the flip side is shown on pic two. as a bonus you get a patch and a download dropcard for their first full length album 'screams at sunday morning' which was released some month earlier in 2011.
the lines we cross play some old school melodic hardcore. good stuff, not briliant but solid. all together 1000 copies made. all hand numbered. 500 white and 500 clear orange. steeltown records. 2011.
