last year i was writing about narziss' full length from 2004 called 'neue welt'. a special release to me because of its time and special in general, because the album came in german language. on the one hand a real cool idea becuase it's easier for locals to understand the lyrics and it definitely spares you the agony of bad english lyrics.
on the other hand it is limiting your range of audience right from the start. i mean, i don't know if i listen to, let's say a finnish hardcore band the same way as an english band when i miss the message completely. anyway, narziss did all their lyrics in german with one exception, the 'hope dies...' e.p. from 2003. and boy, they had some bad english lyrics.
but hey, that's ok. it's about the music anyway and musically the e.p. is pretty good. this release right here is a compilation of the said e.p. and their first mini-album 'ebenbilder' from the start of the century. unfortunately i couldn't find any music samples from the 'hope dies...' e.p. but here is some stuff from 'ebenbilder'. 'tot' and 'erbsünde' are strong efforts of political and melodic hardcore with a nineties edge to it.
this compilation was released at the same time as 'neue welt' came out. probably in celebration of the full length. it comes on clear red vinyl and on white vinyl. both colour-ways out of 500 copies. so a thousand in total. quite a lot for an underground hardcore band with german lyrics. still it sells pretty rarely. i finally snagged a copy through ebay. i.c. recordings. 2004.
