earth crisis – neutralize the threat
after i was
really impressed with their return to strength from 2009, 'to the death'
namely, i did not hestitate to get the follow up release 'neutralize the
threat' in 2011. that was shortly before i got into vinyl. i remember that i
had a hard time getting into this album and it never really clicked and so i
filed the cd away. at my previous visits at burnout store i came across a copy
of that album on vinyl several times but either i wasn't bothered or wanted
something else more. in the meantime i bought a copy of 'gomorrah's season end'
and with this came the urge to listen to 'neutralize' again. i don't know if
the fact that i wanted to like it has something to do with my change of mind,
but here i found myself really liking it. i decided to buy this damn thing at
my next trip to burnout.
the last time i bought 'hardside+h20' i was looking for earth crisis too. flicking
through the e-section i was terrified not to find it. someone was smarter than
me and i just wanted to kick something. nothing is more annoying than missing
out on a chance you had more than once. so there was nothing more to do than
making my peace with the situation and trying to get the record via some other
way.
new month means next trip to burnout. and here we are. burnout re-listed
the record and it was mine. i sighed a relief and was happy to find, it was the
brown vinyl which is the 2nd rarest of the first pressing. 300 made
of this colour, 200 on grey and 500 on opaque gold vinyl. comes with a printed
dust sleeve. cd version is out on century media. vinyl on think fast! records.
2011.
h2o – thicker than water
your probably remember my last h2o post where i raved about
how great they are live and how much i came to like the 'nothing to prove'
record. at this point i knew that i had to check out the rest of their
discography. the first album that came my way was 'thicker than water'.
i listened to one or two songs in the store and that left not the shadow of
a doubt. i put the cash on the table and left with a 'thank you, sir, mr. shop
keep, sir!' ok, maybe not quite like this. what i have here is a bridge9
re-press. they re-pressed pretty much h2o stuff recently. their first,
self-titled record got re-visited too and 'nothing to prove' is in its fourth
pressing by now.
what's nice about this re-press is the embossed cover. love embossed
covers, give me more of this! additionally you get the always appreciated
download dropcard. at first, in the store, i thought this lovely marbled opaque
blue colour was one of the more limited. when i got home and was checking the
bridge9 site for pressing info i found out that it's the most common one. ahh
well, love the colour pattern anyway! 1000 made. appeared originally on epitaphrecords in 1997. bridge9 re-press of 2012.
