I ran into my pal Mike at OMC tonight when I was loading in for rehearsal (new VEXXYL track is utterly disgusting in the best possible way, by the way) and we had a pleasant stop 'n chat. In addition to the band he's been working on with Laura and HannahLynn for the better part of a decade, he said he's got a new skate-rock project in the works. I was intrigued....because of course I was intrigued. Mike said it's skate-rock because all of the members are skaters even though it doesn't fit the "skate rock" genre stereotype, and I was like "shit dude - coming from a guy who has never skated who was in a band that wrote songs about skating? this is a real skate rock band you're talking about!" Can't wait to hear his shits....and also this SPORADIC tape is rips and I bet it's really good to skate to. Maybe not? I don't know. I don't skate, remember? Never have. Twelve Y2K fastcore rippers in less than thirteen minutes here...also, none of the songs are about skating except "Skate And Destroy" which is about skating (and the title does stronly imply a pro-skating stance). The rest of the lyrics are fierce and political and I think if I skated I would probably want to listen to SPORADIC. Also there's a VITAMIN X cover, but the discussion about that band's relationship with so-called "third world" DIY punk is a discussion for a different day. I've said enough (read: too much and/or nothing) here - this tape rulz.
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