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Hello fellow Sorry Staters! Thanks for checking in on another edition of the Sorry State newsletter! Lots going on here at Sorry State HQ. We are stocking up lots of new records in the store and online on a daily basis, and tons of really great preorders are popping up on a weekly basis it seems. Lots of really great Sorry State releases coming up too!
This week I’ve been listening to a lot more early 2000s skramz, emotional hardcore, screamo or whatever the hell you want to call it. This is a genre that I got into while living in Greenville, going to shows while my friends were going to ECU. Come to think, the majority of my music knowledge outside of punk came from those years of me living there and getting to experience a show almost every night, with every show just being totally odd and different from the next. Most recently Lovitt Records reissued Sleepytime Trio’s Memory Minus Plus Minus 12”. It’s the full collection of all recorded material with bonus demos, remastered material and a zine with a complete show list, interviews and photos. This record is packed full of soft twinkly guitar that repeats what seems like forever, then just bursts into this onslaught of harsh screaming, everything you would want in an emocore record. This band is definitely up there with some of the best to do it: Pg 99, Joshua Fit for Battle and Majority Rule. I think we sold out of this on the webstore, but go grab it if you can. It is well worth it for any collector and fan of 90s and early 2000s screamo.