To The Point / Pick Your Sides - 10" colour vinyl.
Managed to scrounge the last few copies on various colours.
available here https://blitzrecords.bigcartel.com
https://youtu.be/-Q_XSKAs5tU
If Cave State are the “breakout” band of 2013, then To The Point are “THE BAND” of 2013. Owning absolutely every release they’ve thrown at you since their conception, this compilation of songs can be downloaded for free at Chris Dodge’s (Slap a Ham godfather & To The Point vocalst caveman) blog.
This one contains various songs from all of their releases (including the split with Pick Your Side, one of the must listen records of the year in my opinion), sort of like a delicious hardcore appetizer platter before you sink your teeth into the vinyl (good luck finding it!). Every song this band creates is top notch. You know the story. TTP is sort of a “Lack of Interest 2.0″, but they’ve obliterated any misconceptions that this is going to be a formulaic cookie-cutter clone of a now legendary band. No, To The Point is it’s own monster & adds something desperately needed to hardcore: Spontaneity! You can never guess what they’re going to end up half way through any one of their songs. And then they do it. And no matter what path they choose the result is always something insanely pleasurable to hear at the end. Everyone in the band is literally “on point” when it comes to every aspect of the music. There are no weak links at all. But in my humble opinion, what separates this band from everyone else is the guitar playing. Things you would NEVER think to put in a hardcore song on top of a flawless foundation of bass and drums suddenly make complete sense. It’s meticulous, it always comes out of nowhere & it compliments everything else so perfectly that their sounds becomes instantly recognizable. The fact that they can achieve this all while never ignoring the basic fundamentals of fast music & what makes a great HC song truly great is a thing of beauty and harder than anyone is willing to admit. Being hardcore veterans, they have used their knowledge to basically transcend the genera without losing an ounce of the speed, brutality, wit or integrity that makes this type of music so pure and wonderful to begin with.
Dodgy Sounds - GonzoKaraoke
Pick Your Side, a crushing hardcore band featuring Jeff Beckman(vocalist for Haymaker and guitarist for Left For Dead among other notable bands) and also featuring members of metal/grind stalwarts F*ck The Facts and The Endless Blockade. Furious hardcore with elements of several different styles being showcased throughout. There are faster straightforward hardcore/powerviolence songs that bring to mind the aforementioned singer's previous band Haymaker, a few more metallic/melodic songs with a crusty influence coming forward
To the Point issue more songs in the same style as the "Success in Failure" 500 copies available total through mailorder
A1 Pick Your Side – Dead Pedophile
A2 Pick Your Side – Not A Thought To Spare
A3 Pick Your Side – Your Elected Leaders
A4 Pick Your Side – Weakling
A5 Pick Your Side – Paved Grave
A6 Pick Your Side – Survival Prayer
A7 Pick Your Side – Last Nerve
B1 To The Point – 41. Embarrassed By You All
B2 To The Point – 36. First World Problems For A Middle Class White Guy
B3 To The Point – 32. Trickle Down Economics
B4 To The Point – 37. Scion
B5 To The Point – 43. It Happens For A Reason
B6 To The Point – 33. I Gotta Match
B7 To The Point – 39. Dark View
B8 To The Point – 47. The Player
B9 To The Point – 46. Working Class Hero
B10 To The Point – 38. My Reality Show
B11 To The Point – 24. Random Compassion.
Managed to scrounge the last few copies on various colours.
available here https://blitzrecords.bigcartel.com
https://youtu.be/-Q_XSKAs5tU
If Cave State are the “breakout” band of 2013, then To The Point are “THE BAND” of 2013. Owning absolutely every release they’ve thrown at you since their conception, this compilation of songs can be downloaded for free at Chris Dodge’s (Slap a Ham godfather & To The Point vocalst caveman) blog.
This one contains various songs from all of their releases (including the split with Pick Your Side, one of the must listen records of the year in my opinion), sort of like a delicious hardcore appetizer platter before you sink your teeth into the vinyl (good luck finding it!). Every song this band creates is top notch. You know the story. TTP is sort of a “Lack of Interest 2.0″, but they’ve obliterated any misconceptions that this is going to be a formulaic cookie-cutter clone of a now legendary band. No, To The Point is it’s own monster & adds something desperately needed to hardcore: Spontaneity! You can never guess what they’re going to end up half way through any one of their songs. And then they do it. And no matter what path they choose the result is always something insanely pleasurable to hear at the end. Everyone in the band is literally “on point” when it comes to every aspect of the music. There are no weak links at all. But in my humble opinion, what separates this band from everyone else is the guitar playing. Things you would NEVER think to put in a hardcore song on top of a flawless foundation of bass and drums suddenly make complete sense. It’s meticulous, it always comes out of nowhere & it compliments everything else so perfectly that their sounds becomes instantly recognizable. The fact that they can achieve this all while never ignoring the basic fundamentals of fast music & what makes a great HC song truly great is a thing of beauty and harder than anyone is willing to admit. Being hardcore veterans, they have used their knowledge to basically transcend the genera without losing an ounce of the speed, brutality, wit or integrity that makes this type of music so pure and wonderful to begin with.
Dodgy Sounds - GonzoKaraoke
Pick Your Side, a crushing hardcore band featuring Jeff Beckman(vocalist for Haymaker and guitarist for Left For Dead among other notable bands) and also featuring members of metal/grind stalwarts F*ck The Facts and The Endless Blockade. Furious hardcore with elements of several different styles being showcased throughout. There are faster straightforward hardcore/powerviolence songs that bring to mind the aforementioned singer's previous band Haymaker, a few more metallic/melodic songs with a crusty influence coming forward
To the Point issue more songs in the same style as the "Success in Failure" 500 copies available total through mailorder
A1 Pick Your Side – Dead Pedophile
A2 Pick Your Side – Not A Thought To Spare
A3 Pick Your Side – Your Elected Leaders
A4 Pick Your Side – Weakling
A5 Pick Your Side – Paved Grave
A6 Pick Your Side – Survival Prayer
A7 Pick Your Side – Last Nerve
B1 To The Point – 41. Embarrassed By You All
B2 To The Point – 36. First World Problems For A Middle Class White Guy
B3 To The Point – 32. Trickle Down Economics
B4 To The Point – 37. Scion
B5 To The Point – 43. It Happens For A Reason
B6 To The Point – 33. I Gotta Match
B7 To The Point – 39. Dark View
B8 To The Point – 47. The Player
B9 To The Point – 46. Working Class Hero
B10 To The Point – 38. My Reality Show
B11 To The Point – 24. Random Compassion.
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