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Hello fellow Sorry Staters! I hope everyone has had a good week! This past weekend was a special one for me as it was my wedding anniversary to my amazing wife Molly! We usually buy gifts, but this year we decided on learning something new and decided to take a class together. I’ve always wanted to learn how to blacksmith, so we took a blacksmith class here in Raleigh and forged a small metal hook! I would definitely do it again and start taking advanced classes. Doing stuff like that as someone with ADHD really helped me focus, and it was kind of relaxing to be honest. I’ve been in a listening rut for quite some time now, so it has been difficult for me to find something to write about every week. This week is quite good though, and I am quite excited that they finally released a repress of the Ink & Dagger catalog. Some might say a bit controversial during live shows, but Ink & Dagger was odd, genre-defining and just a smack in the face musically.
We just got the all the band’s full length represses from Trust records this week. I had no idea they were coming out so I had to scoop my two favorite albums by them, The Fine Art Of Original Sin and the compilation album of early EPs, Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart. I am not much of a fan of their last record, which was just a self-titled record. It is definitely one of their most experimental albums. The story of this band is quite tragic and is not something I think is important to mention. The band has been gaining popularity again due to a documentary a former band member turned Hollywood star, Eric Wareheim, made but refuses to release due to it being too dark. Don Devore, one of the main members of the band, reformed one of his other projects that I love called Frail, one of the best screamo bands from the 90s and early 2000s.
As always, we are getting in restocks and new records daily, so be sure to check the site often! Thanks again for reading my little corner of the internet.