when i was at it and posting about my down to nothing 7" of the previous post, i thought it might be apt to finally write about the stuff i purchased with it. the second record of the lot is this cold snap 7". cold snap is or was a hardcore band from the uk and i can't really recall why i wanted this record in the first place, i only know that i was roaming ebay quite frequently for this piece of pressed plastic.
so you may understand my excitement when i found it among the racks at underdog records store. the only thing which was now to be verified was the colour of the wax. i pulled the vinyl out of the sleeve and was relieved and surprised at the same time. relieved to see it was coloured vinyl and surprised at the colour pattern. i only knew of a splatter version and this merge version never crossed my path until then.
after some research i found out that this is the second to rarest version out of 300 copies. 200 splatter copies and 500 black copies round out the first press of 1000 copies in total. musically this is an absolute cracker. straight forward old school hardcore. nothing new, you might say? you're right but it's simply better than most. a shame they never made it to a full length. check it out here. carry the weight records. 2010.