man, looking back at my recent posts, there seems to be not one that i was to one hundert percent satisfied with. this needs to change now. again it is another congress record. i was pretty eager to get all the lp's on coloured vinyl together, and with "the other cheek" i made a huge step towards my goal. again discogs came to my rescue.
ninety percent of my discogs inbox is filled with crap. records that are on my wantlist but far at the end of the priority list, come up several times a day. but you know, among all this shit there is the rare chance of finding a gem. and every once in a while such a gem comes my way. this time in the shape of a fine chinese seller going under the name of goatart.
an orange copy for under 20€ was too good an offer to pass up. even with the postage from china, which wasn't that high though. "the other cheek" is actually an e.p. with, at that point, five new songs on the a-side. these songs are great. typical congress mixture of death metal and hardcore. check out "under pressure" and love it. the b-side is grooved with their '93 demo. can't say i like it, but it has its value considering completion.
reading the band's dedication on the back of the cover, a smile plays around the corners of my mouth. seems like the scene suffered from the same problems as today, eighteen years later. shows me that we shouldn't take all those trend hunters and hipsters too serious. the diehard remain! 300 copies made on orange vinyl. there are also some black vinyl copies, but i don't know how much. good life recordings. 1996.
