since i bought the wolfxdown ep's from start a fire records and the first two unveil 7"es were also co-released by them (i already posted about 'hypnopaedia', 'destruction wherever i go' will land here soon. check the start a fire tag here), i use to check out what new releases they have in stock. so i checked their shop and what was staring back at me was the new as we were 7", called 'survival songs'.
as we were is a young band hailing from burlington, vermont, usa. this is their second release of which all have been put out by start a fire. the first release was a tape that goes by the name of 'a reason'. it appeared in late 2012. 'survival songs' dropped only a few months later in 2013. you can check their stuff on the as we were bandcamp page. they play some melodic hardcore in the vein of verse. solid all around!
i bought one of the pre-order 7"es out of only 50 copies. if it wasn't for this nice alternate cover with the 80's skater kid on the front, i don't know if i had bought this in the first place. the usual cover, which lurks underneath the pre-order cover, looks so boring that it really puts me off. but the pre-order presentation with the stamped dust sleeve and semi-translucent orange vinyl looks pretty nice. go get it! start a fire records. 2013.
