it seems ages ago that i bought the first album of the carrier called 'one year later...'. actually it was last year in march, so not that long. but long enough to me because from the point on i had 'one year later' i wanted 'blind to what is right' too. in 2012 the release of 'btwir' was already over a year ago and still available at per koro so i figured it would also be available at some other point of '12. as i mentioned before if i feel that there is a constant availabilty of a record i don't feel the urge to pull the trigger immediately. if there is other stuff that i think to be more urgent i will always put these records aside. the very thing happened here. i didn't throw this in my cart because i thought i could get one at any time.
and in a rare case like this i was right with that. so i ordered my coloured copy of 'btwir' hassle-free from per koro. the music is pretty awesome. if you know them you know what you're going to get. only better than on 'one year later'. if you do not know them let me tell you that the carrier play some intense melodic hardcore. more fast then slow and with propensity to frantic melodies. check out the song 'hollow pain', one of my favourites. i think that the carrier play this style with a big recall value. a factor that not much bands in this genre can claim for themselves. while european bands like empty handed, the cold harbour, cannoneer or foxxes sound pretty similar the carrier manages to stay original.
the record appeared on deathwish records and the first pressing came with 2000 copies. there are 300 on cream w/ maroon swirl vinyl, 700 on pink w/ maroon swirl vinyl and 1000 on cream w/ pink swirl vinyl. obviously i have a copy of the last colour out of 1000. that is ok with me as this colour way looks pretty cool. almost like it's edible... tasty! somehow i like the gatefold sleeve although a normal sleeve would have been appropriate too as there is not much artwork on the inner sleeve. comes with digital download.
deathwish inc. 2011.
