downpresser - the long goodbye

after years of silence (at least that was what it seemed to me) downpresser are back with a full length. i didn't listen to any song before and just ordered right away. what i got is a crisp piece of metallic hardcore that doesn't break any new ground but is great for what it is.

they released "the long goodbye" via closed casket activities and they really know how to press some tasty vinyl as of late. beautiful red/silver merge vinyl housed in an embossed gatefold sleeve out of 400 copies. closed casket activities. 2019.

downpresser - perverted justice

i do like a good dosis of downpresser from time to time. i bought their first full length 'don't need a reason' two years ago and really liked it. naturally i wanted to hunt down their remaining output. somehow it's not that easy to get a hold on these two vinyl releases and one split of them. when i leave out oversea options to avoid high shipping rates and unreasonable priced options, well, then there is no option left.

ok, the unreasonable priced point is disputatious but i just don't want to pay over fifteen bucks for a nothing more than solid 7". call me stubborn but in the end that's just the reason why i still don't own 'age of ignorance'. i'll play the patience game with this one. same thing with 'perverted justice'. overpriced or overseas. but then came ebay. finally i was able to see if i could get the record for the money i believed it was worth.

in the end i got it for even less. good deal in my book. musically it's pretty well executed, fast and snotty nyhc hardcore. not as heavy as 'don't need a reason' but but i like it that way. 'perverted justice' comes on a one-sided clear 12" with a big poster, functioning as an insert with all necessary information concerning this release. streetcleaner records. 2008.

downpresser - don't need a reason

the first two releases of downpresser, 'perverted justice' and 'age of ignorance', were on my wantlist for quite some time. but i never came across any or never came across a copy for the price i wanted to pay. i had an option for a coloured test of 'perverted justice' but money seemed to high. but hey christmas is coming and maybe i'll enlarge my balls and catch up. so now to the record at hand. downpresser's latest output 'don't need a reason'.

i didn't order it in the first place because of the following problem. the most common colour of the first press is black. as 'don't need a reason' is out on an american label, over here in germany usually one gets the most common press from the general ditros. i didn't want the black vinyl and that's why i passed on it. but then, because i wanted to check the vinyl section at kings road merch, i stumbled upon the coloured copies of 'dnar'.

in the beginning i even overlooked the blue vinyl and ordered the clear vinyl. fortunately i noticed my mistake soon enough, so i was able to e-mail kings road before they shipped the record and change from clear into blue. the music itself is really good. pumping metallic hardcore. downpresser just knows how to play this stuff real tight. check 'twist of fate' or the title song - scorchers. shame that two or three songs are just average stuff. otherwise the record-of-the-year title had a most promising hopeful with 'don't need a reason'.

despite that. this album hits my imiginary top ten list of 2013 because of a movie qoute at the end of the record. it's a qoute by detective lt. somerset (played by morgan freeman) from the movie 'seven'. check it here. it's one of my favourite movies. that makes a special connection and that makes an special album. the vinyl colour sucks and is cool at the same time. sucks because it looks black and, here is the cool part, looks great hold up to the light. gatefold sleeve with nice and simple layout rounds it out. 600 on black, 300 on clear and 100 on blue/black vinyl. 6131 record. 2013.