A friend recently expressed to me, prompted by my FAILURE FACE post, a lack of knowledge regarding worthwhile 90's hardcore. While this LP may not technically pass specifications, the majority of KTMW?'s time as a band was logged in that erstwhile decade.
Uncompromising fucking hardcore. A lot of times they come across to me like a crustier, slightly more attention-deficit BORN AGAINST. This comparison also holds up lyrically and vocally - the Y chromosome part of the male/female vocal-tradeoff equation has a very McPheetersy yowl at points. (You can't tell from his record, but he went on to AMATEUR PARTY and ARMALITE).
I don't really know what else to say. This record thankfully helped inform my naive view of hardcore and punk as (ideally) an alternative culture rather than a commodity deigned upon our undeserving heads by Victory Records or an excuse for macho dudes to run into each other very hard. The out-of-press LP is worth seeking out for the 'zine insert. The music was just as formative - make sure you stick around for at least two tracks, because I'd argue that the opener functions almost as an intro.
DOWNLOAD.
Maybe it's just my ears, but to me this sounds a bit like C.R. mixed with Fucked Up.
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