I guess every compilation post should start with a disclaimer: the story is I heard about a band that featured members of Filth, Dystopia, and Fields of Shit. They were called Abandon, and their only output were the five tracks on the "Letters from the Landfill" comp. Abandon made music for the early days of summer-- a desperate outpouring of pent-up angst to be heard while sitting under that blazing yellow disk in the sky, fighting hopelessly to get through the haze . Don't expect the sludgiest, crustiest thing to ever come out of the Bay Area; in fact I recommend that you to recalibrate before taking a listen. These guys were more about ambiance driven by fairly lightly distorted guitar and syncopated drums, navigated by the unmistakable vocals of Mr. Jake Sayles. As a first release, I would have been all excited to hear what Abandon would do next, but we all know what happened (or didn't). The rest of the comp has its moments. The big moment for me was discovering This Is My Fist. I'm not sure how I've avoided them for this long, but their abrasive, yet melodic punk tunes had me checking their discog page but quick. From track to track, I detect a little bit of all those things I like in bands like Lost World, Preying Hands, Burning Kitchen, Zeitgeist... difficult to nail, but completely rad. The other two bands have to catch me when I'm in the mood. Shotwell and Peels each play their own kind of indie/punk/progressive rock that is silly, smart, and serious depending on which track or movement you're hearing. Good stuff; just now always my thing.
"Letters from the Landfill" Compilation (Left Off the Dial Records, 2003)
Shit, where does the time go?! I think I finally found the motivation (and some records) to get this thing going again. Meantime, keep the requests coming.
Re-ups:
Seven Foot Spleen
Spine Wrench- also... if you want free Spine Wrench vinyl, check out Mid's comment on
this post and get in touch with him.
Multi-Facet/Sheephead Split
5 comments:
Thanks for posting this! This Is My Fist were a cool punk band from the bay area before they relocated to Chicago. Unfortunately, they broke up recently. Annie is a great punk vocalist and a real sweet person. During most of their existence they had Craigums, Jackson and Seth from the awesome band Love Songs accompanying Annie.
Hey, my pleasure and thanks for the info on one of my new favorite bands! Sad that they broke up, but it looks like they had a good run.
Wow. This Is My Fist is great and a refreshing departure from the misery-inducing musical mire I have found myself steeped in recently.
Methinks I'll be pulling out some of the old fun records after being inspired and reinvigorated by this up.
Thanks.
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