at the very beginning of the year my favourite bulgarian label, ugly and proud, announced its upcoming release. as i am a fan of die young i was pretty happy about two things. firstly that they rebanded after five years and secondly that u&p would release a 12" while the us version comes on the 7" format. over the months niki/u&p revealed more and more details. pictures of the covers, the vinyl and so on. and then, three weeks ago, i had a package in the mail.
i know that i said i would post about this "next" week in my last die young post. one became three but i needed some time to listen to it properly. in the end this is classic die young stuff. fast hardcore punk with a strong metallic edge to it. relentless and straight forward. "chosen path" needed some spins but it definitely sunk its hooks into me. you can stream that whole thing and decide for yourself wether you like it or not.
the presentation is solid all around. instead of a common sleeve the interested customer gets a folded piece of thick matte paper with an actual spine. nice idea. the picture on the inner cover is actually niki walking in the cold bulgarian winter. three colours pressed. 100 copies on black vinyl, 250 copies on clear orange and 150 on marbled brown vinyl. all coming with the well known die young clock/skull logo etched to the b-side. ace! get your copy here. ugly and proud records. 2014.
