war from a harlots mouth is one of my favourite bands. they took me into the world of technical metal/hardcore craziness. they were the first band i listened to which had more complex song structures, some dissonance and even some jazz parts here and there. their first releases had been pretty wild and the band didn't take theirselves too serious. on further records the band evolved into a more dark and complex sound bastard. i love both stages of war from a harlots mouth and am happy that i caught them live with both of their vocalists.
very unfortunately the band called it quits three years ago but still there seems to be a loyal fan base and a demand for new releases. i think it was two months or so ago when i heard of the first vinyl pressing of wfahm's very first output called "falling upstairs". initially it was put to tape only in 2006 via yehonala tapes and was limited to fifty hand-numbered copies. it never even had been sold on discogs. the cassette tape was re-pressed three times and sold at the farewell tour and shortly afterwards. all in all only 300 copies exist.
backbite records from karlsruhe, germany, a young label around since 2014, realised the signs of time and gave "falling upstairs" the vinyl treatment on the occasion of its ten year anniversary. sadly i was too late for the most limited edition on turquoise vinyl but i got one of the equally as nice looking clear with red smoke colour-way. backbite went with the last yehonala tapes release and included the songs from the split shared with molotov solution from 2007 onto this 12" platter as well.
i am not quite sure but i think these "end-time message" songs got a bit mixed up. but hey, this can happen when there are three songs with the same name. out of six songs there are actually just two new to me. doesn't matter because "a grotesque relation-ship" and the third part of "the end-time message" are killer songs and honestly, i would have bought anyway, even if i knew all the stuff already. great presentation. slip-sleeve, insert with tons of pictures from the good ol' times and a sharp scree-print on the b-side. 200 copies made. backbite records. 2016.
