i came across the name foundation occasionally. was it in some fanzines, ebay auction titles, cross references in blog posts or billing of some shows that took place at some venue far far away. there are a lot of those bands out there i heard something about, but was never bothered to check them out more closely. sometimes this procedure is self-preservation, because one just can't listen to them all without going insane in order to collect, or wasting a hell lot of precious time listening to crap. but there are other times, where one is definitely missing something. however, foundation was among those aforementioned bands.
what really pushed me forward to check them out was mike's blog 'the one thing that still holds true', where he raved on and on about this band. i didn't give it much thought in the first place, because usually his taste is into youth crew styled hardcore and that's not really thing. but in one post he was drawing comparisons to bands like earth crisis and snapcase. that made me curious. and yepp, in this case i had been missing a good hardcore record. actually i bought their 2013 'hang your head' lp compilation on six feet under records before the full length but i lost my photos. this will be corrected in due time.
i had the chance to buy the latest re-press of this record on bridge9 at my favourite record store, burnout records hamburg. but i refused buying it because it comes on clear olive vinyl (1000 copies), which looks like clear dark purple or clear dark blue vinyl and that is... black, unless you hold it to the light. boring. fortunately green hell still had a copy of the first press on grey w/ blue and red splatter vinyl in stock. bought. love the layout. the inside gatefold is a collage of self-made pictures of the band, always a cool thing. furthermore you get a folded insert wit all the lyrics. 700 pressed on this colour plus 300 on splattered orange vinyl and 1000 on nice tri-coloured vinyl. good job, bridge9. 2011.
