Boys life

Today is that "4/20" day. its the day all pot heads that are posers or newbs gather and smoke because they are told to do so and these dumbasses follow what they are told. But other than that I am pretty much sober (Plus I ran out of my own weed last night) I didn't even think today would be 420. Never thought of the day, never cared. But today I'd like to present the next crank! releases from the band Boys life. This was another band that was local next to Vitreous humor in the mid 90's. Boys life is also in the early Crank! roster. I believe within the first 5-6 Crank! releases. I discovered this band same time I discovered Chune, Kolya and Empire state games, one of the first songs I heard and quickly got into was "Golf Hill Drive" while many people love Boys life's second length entitled "Departures and landfalls" I prefer the self-titled leading to the most classic of emo/math rock/post hardcore (Drive Like Jehu-Esque just more emoish) in the mid 90's. Boys life also put out a amazing split 10" with Caulfields band Christie Front Drive, let me tell you that both sides are pretty darn good. Boys life has also put out a early 2 song 7" that had early versions of the self titled, if you look at my Vitreous Humor post you can see they both did a split. Another Caulfield band "Giants Chair" (Similar to Boys life) put out a split together as well. Boys life later formed to The Farewell Bend but that didn't last very long. In fact it was much of a shorter lived band than Boys life. They only released a 7", a split 7" and one length. Posting Boys life here was expected and mandatory especially if you love the Crank! label stuff. I first ran into the CD with the hopes of only owning the CD until I ran into the 12" (Limited to 500) which I felt I needed to get but I also ran into the split 10" and since I am collecting my favorite Crank! releases I thought it be best to just get it.

Self-titled
CD Format

12" Format

Boys Life/Christie Front Drive Split 10"

Kolya 12"

Caulfield records was a indie label from the late 80's I think but mostly known for Christie front drive's compilation self titled cd and the stuff it had on Giants Chair. They also released 2 Mineral 7"s, they had other amazing bands like Luck of Aleia, Eric the red, M.I.J, Traluma, Broken hearts are blue, Ethel Meserve and of course my favorite Caulfield release Kolya's self titled 12"/CD. Kolya's signature sound from the 2 7"s didn't completely vanished. It still stayed but also figured a way to introduce songs that are a little sing alongs and less focused on narrative vocals, it doesn't completely a bad thing because this is the only full length from Kolya. The first songs I ever heard from this album were "Robots dream in black and white" which is an amazing opening on the album and the third track to the LP called "Resuscitation" which flows more on Ka's previous sound with more narrative, same thing can be said on the song Robots. These songs might have been played after a few months on the release of Kolya's The story becomes the vehicle's 7" since recording began in December 2000 while the 7" was recorded in January 2000 (About 11 months later) its been rumored that nothing else was brought up after the release of this LP. It is still a hard 12" to get since it isn't sold in most places and wherever it is sold I see the price as high as 150 usd dollars. I recently saw that a seller on amazon was selling the cd for 6 bucks still shrinked wrapped and what not so I quickly bought the CD. I'd like to share and rip this one out for you guys. Who knows what direction the band might have been if they were still together, maybe it would've sound exactly like The Union Ares. Unfortunately Caulfield records ended sometime in 2003 2 years after the release of Kolya's self titled.

Kolya

The Ivy Crown "Right side of the bed/Opaque" 7"

I'm pretty much fried today and I thought it be nice to share another record I have. This band is pretty underrated for a band that semi sounds like Braid in a way. Pretty much like Midvale this band left a 7" and a EP CD, they existed from 1998 until somewhere in late 1999 or early 2000. I haven't heard much of the CD yet except for like 3 songs but Right side of the bed is one hell of a catchy one of theirs. The CD might have been a posthumous release but I am not so sure although I wouldn't be so surprised. I like the sleeve of this 7", not many bands do those type of sleeves these days. Since there isn't a video on the 7" you must take a leap of faith to download the 7" and hear it yourself and honestly it's 2 free songs off an oop 7" this is a win/win. I really wished this band was mentioned more often by the 90's emo kids or emo kids in general.

Right side of the bed/Opaque 7"

Midvale "First Aid For Airmen" 7"

I'm practically trying to kill some time today so I'll be posting this band for today. Midvale was a band I found way later so I can't say I get nostalgic vibes but that doesn't mean I get down to it. I ran into the bands only 7" on the internet pretty cheap and new. They also released a 6 song EP but maybe one day I'll talk about that. As for the 7" it's 3 songs that slightly remind me of what a pre-my chemical romance would sound like or if mcr was in the 90's I honestly don't hate it since it sounds way above emo instrumentally. But that is also another of my personal opinions on trying to get my point across.

It is a damn shame the band had only 2 very short releases and didn't live long for a full length. Just like most real emo bands from the 90's they all disappeared not leaving much of a trace.
First Aid For Airmen 7"

Rockets and Bluelights (Close at hand)

I found this band on Lyrics won't reach the audience blogspot (I think) this band reminds me of a early Cursive with post rock, this band might have started sometime in 2002? They did a demo tape and only years later to realize that the demo tape had a bunch of unreleased songs that were done during that time. I only discovered this when someone posted a discography of the band they left more than just 8 songs. I have seen different self released presses of this band such as the 8 song demo that has both demo and 10" songs along with the demo tape although it may be CDr since the quality doesn't sound something off a cassette. The 10" is absolutely beautiful and it even gives in some emo chills on some of the instrumental parts. They slightly remind me a little of early Kidcrash's New Ruins maybe vocally just a tiny little bit but that's just me. The only vinyl they left was this 4 song 10" in 2003; this is also the label's first release "Redder Records", although I am not familiar with the band it seems like this may be the only vinyl release off the label after looking at discogs. The band does focus more instrumentally than vocally there are songs where there's singing but there are also song where its an entire instrumental part with little or no singing. Band did fine doing this honestly. I believe this band also goes as under "Rockets and bluelights (close at hand)" Which I'll keep it labeled that way instead.I'll pretty much post the bands discography rather than the 4 songs off the 10" =, the first 4 are off the LP which are the best ones on my opinion.

Anthology

Guyver One- Obsessed With... 12"

I had revisited a bunch of records from the past and no matter how much I like bands like the new bands my reality and mind is still stuck to the ones slowly grew into. I posted the bands 7" a while back. Guyver one also released a posthumous LP, I believe the band had broken up during the recording of this LP. Many say it isn't as good as the first one and I agree 50% with that statement but this LP is pretty much the closest thing of the bands full length. As for the first 2 songs from the LP they follow the same signature of the 7" the 3rd song is the one of the bands softest tracks from their entire discography (I honestly love it) the LP has much more of a darker hardcore atmosphere than the LP which really made me feel the emotions of the LP more than the 7" and because of this I now think the LP is up on top as the 7" I had bought this for 10 bucks the black sleeve was glued off and luckily the only thing I had to do was super glue the sleeve and now it looks good. I just couldnt sit having the 7" but not the LP.
one of the most memorable songs off the LP for me

Overall if you like the whole 90's emotive hardcore so called "Emo-violence" (silly kids) 90's screamo and you are a newcomer I would recommend getting on Guyver one's 7" and LP
Obsessed With...

Dot flash line

Sometime in high school I discovered this band in a forum thread with a list of bands alphabetically and I ran across the bands demo tape and posthumous 7". After hearing the demo tape first the band reminded me of Portrait which I thought that was so cool I quickly got into the 7". I came across the bands 7" under Makeshift Suicide Device Records which I think this might have been the very first release off that label. It was pretty cool remembering back while listening to the 7" again. I didn't have plans on it but some label was giving it out for 3.99 so I thought of might as getting at it since the band didn't make anything else.

There isn't much on the 7" besides 2 inserts that are catalog's (not sure if the record store put one of the other ones) The sleeve is a thin translucent paper and that is pretty much to it. Dot Flash Line's Discography

Uncrush

Today is a mighty fine sunny Wednesday afternoon and I have a chill buzz high flowing.I am pretty much spinning the Uncrush 7" and I felt like mentioning them here today. Crank's 10th release, Uncrush was a indie rock band from guess where? Kansas again. Just like UNI-V this band also disappeared without a trace leaving behind this 2 song 7" and a song on Crank's! (Don't forget to) Breathe. It is just as about the same information as I'd give you from UNI-V. The 7" has the similar like sound of any 90's indie rock/emo-ish type of band one of the 3 favorite songs would be side B from the 7"

Like any of the early Crank 7"s this one is as well as standard as UNI-V's and Acrobat down's 7", no paper sleeve they usually have 2 inserts, a Crank! catalog and a sort of bands insert of the 7" info. Was ever being so born to calamity? 7"

The Union Ares

I was suppose to post that Audience of one band a while back but I never had the time to do so and since I was out for a while someone gave me the idea to mention this band on here So I now decided to make a mini post mention on them. The Union Ares was a band that had 2 members of Kolya, they might have started in early 2002 and probably ended by the end of that same year or vanished. The left a 2 song ep called For our friends and a few months later they recorded 2 new live songs that might have been upcoming for the bands debut that never happened. This band had so much potential but because they dissolved quickly and suddenly this band is hella underrated. Many people familiar with Kolya would notice that he union ares does not sound like Kolya but has a more fresh sound, many people would expect a lot of stuff from this band but nope they only did 4 songs.

Discography

Audience of one

As a few of you may be aware Anthony Green did do a few projects here and their and sometime in high school he was in a band called Audience of one. The band started as a hardcore band until I guess they got over the idea and Anthony Green joined in and made "Show your teeth" the band recorded their debut only in CD format under a indie label Breakeven. Sometime 2001 the band released a 4 track ep that was believed to have been for a 2nd length but the band broke up and left these songs behind. There are no physical format for these but I assume the band themselves threw these all over on the internet. Too bad there are no live sets of these guys or anything else. The other member JD played for a band called Like Lions where they released a demo and a debut ep along with some other stuff. Anthony Green did do High and Driving during or a little before after the 4 track EP along with Jeer at Rome.

Off the 4 track EP

I remember when this all meant something+4 Track EP