The knifeswitch

I am back on doing my regular thang, finding rare oop records and converting to mp3. The knifeswitch was a band that existed sometime in 2003 and 2004. I don't know what else they made but discogs only marks this as their only release. I had converted this and added this on my youtube account weeks ago but it is time to add them to this archive. It's a simple 4 song 7" I honestly had fun listening to this gem. It was pretty dope hearing this for the first time. I think my favorite songs lay on Side B though. This has that thisendlessbreath type of bands flare that i was lucky to stumble upon and randomly buy. I have yet to be disappointed from my random vinyl encounters. Here is a really fucking cool one for you guys, gals and helicopters.

It's a beast... It's for the band 7"

Antioch arrow

Last Gravity release/band I will be mentioning on here. Antioch arrow was a emo/hardcore band from the early/mid 90's from San diego that has that typical Cali emo sound from the time. You know the goofy silly sloppy punk emo hardcore stuff going on. I fucking loved playing their discography CD... Well it is a semi discography CD. You see, this CD contains the bands debut, EP and their split with candle alongside with some live tracks. Antioch also released a second album in '95 but never made it for this compilation for some strange reason. Normally discography CD's has almost everything. Normally what I see missing for discog CD's are like Demos or some compilation songs but never a full release. That's like if Portrait's of past discography only includes the demo tape and the live songs from the LP. Reason why I didn't bother getting Gems of masochism is because it isn't part of Gravity records. It is a amazing release which sounds alike Wheeljack, Wolves of Greece and even Clikatat Ikatowi or even A trillion barnacle lapse (The mid releases). It's some pretty fucking cool shit. I love the little piano keyboard added on some songs. The reason I am bringing up some releases from this label is because it deserves it and it was what shaped up what emo is today or at least the cool ass bands that don't rip off other bands. Gravity records should be a label you are familiar with if you are into that 90's emo shit. It was the label which later introduced Heroin. I think they were active same time as AA, Swing kids and Mohinder.

In Love With Jetts/The Lady Is A Cat CD

Clikatat Ikatowi

Every bandcamp band tagged as skramz, emo, screamo, twinkle daddies are the same carbon copies of other better bands. Change my mind
As I have said before, I am no longer looking out for any new modern bands. Most are just the same bullshit I already heard 50 times from other bands 8 years ago. I rather stick to some old bullshit. Clikatat Ikatowi was also part of the Gravity records family in San Diego releasing a demo tape, one full length an EP and a live album. Clikatat sounds very alike Antioch arrow to me. So if you know Antioch arrow then you likely know Clikatat. The drummer was part of other bands (Memorable for Thingy and Hot snakes for me) while Scott from Heroin joined this band. I always see their album "Orchestrated and conducted by" as a Self titled for some dumb fucking reason confusing the shit out of me when I first discovered them. People probably don't know how to read a fucking album title in the front. I like the bands demo and first LP. River of souls is good but its short. I usually feel whatever about live albums. C.I is a pretty well sounding with emotive hardcore and at times mixing it up with some math rock almost like Blame game in some sense. Just like every fucking good band, they ended in '97.

Demo

Orchestrated and conducted by

River of souls EP

August 29+30 1995