Staff Picks

Hello again Sorry State newsletter readers! I hope everyone’s holiday breaks have been filled with whatever you wanted them filled with! Not too much has been happening in my world personally; you all have been keeping me busy with all the orders you have been placing for all the new releases we are getting, as well as the used collections we have been listing online. So thanks for that!

I was in a big listening rut for a while. Nothing really sounded that great to me and I was totally not interested in finding or looking up any new music. I finally broke out of that rut and have been listening to some USHC, particularly Boston and New York hardcore. I was pretty excited when we got a 7” in from a band that I have never really heard of. Radio Raheem put out the Enuf 1988 demo. It’s raw, unfiltered and fun New York hardcore. After reading about the band, one of the main reasons I picked it up to listen to it is because Ari from Lifetime played drums in this band. I am a huge Lifetime fan, so this was an instant listen for me. It sounds exactly how you think it sounds if you know the brand of hardcore coming out of New York at the time. We have a few copies left, and it comes in nice solid packaging with a nice big fold-out insert! So as the description on our site puts it, MOSH SUCKA!