converge has become one of my favourite bands in the course of the last two years. it took a long way for me to appreciate their mix of punk, metal and hardcore but now i can't get enough. i got myself the most essential works, which are the full lengths to me, the rest i would just pick up whenever it crossed my path. for this compilation release of converge this statement isn't really true, though. i saw it a couple of times at burnout on clear green but always other things came in the way.
visiting kiel, which is the capitol of the schleswig-holstein state, of course i checked what record stores i could grace with my hard earned means of payment. i came across blitz record store which is located pretty much in the centre of the city. blitz records is a well sorted store with a good metal section and some punk and hardcore releases here and there. when i pulled 'unloved and weeded out' from the racks, i was delighted to see the 'opaque green' sticker on the front. the time had finally come.
listening to the tracks i am really surprised at how much i like the a-side. i never really warmed up with 'petitioning the empty sky' and 'when forever comes crashing', i find them ok and that's that. the a-side of 'unloved...' are selected tracks from 'halo in a haystack', the original 'unloved and weeded out' lp, a two track 7" and a compilation. even though these songs come from that early period, they sound great in my book. the b-side however is made up of some demo tracks for the 'when forever...' release and two live tracks. 2057 copies made. deathwish inc. 2003/2012.
