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SPB premiere: Blue Skies Burning collection "In Totality"
Blue Skies Burning - In Totality
Scene Point Blank has partnered with Dropping Bombs to share a stream of the soon-to-release In Totality by Blue Skies Burning. The LP is a 10-song retrospective of the Toledo, OH-based emotional hardcore band whose active years spanned 1999-2002. The collection was fully remastered and includes the group’s original 4-song demo plus the Last Leg of My First Race EP (originally released on One Day Savior). Comparisons run across the emo, hardcore, and metalcore scenes with similarities to As Friends Rust, Grade, and Boysetsfire.
Vocalist Scotty shares his memories:
I still vividly recall the moment when I first set voice to the music that my bandmates and I crafted. Words drawn from life, death, love, and compassion exploded forth. It was a catharsis like no other and I was hooked. For the next 2 years, Blue Skies Burning was my fountain of release. I constantly craved that joyful sense of achievement and self-creation.
We embarked on countless shows and mini-tours, forged friendships throughout the punk and hardcore scene, and were fortunate enough to document our music through a self-released demo and a CD EP for One Day Savior Recordings. Unfortunately, just when it felt like we were finally gaining some momentum as a small band from the midwest Rust Belt, Blue Skies Burning came to an abrupt end.
Seventeen years later, our dear friends at Dropping Bombs Records graciously offered to remaster our recordings and release our discography on limited edition vinyl. Upon listening to the remasters, an affirmation washed over me: Even though we were 5 unknown, rudderless misfits, our music still triggered that familiar sense of achievement and self creation. And I couldn’t be happier for us.
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SPB exclusive: The Path - Chaotic Good
The Path - Chaotic Good
Scene Point Blank's featured stream this month is Chaotic Good by The Path, out this Friday, August 2 courtesy of State of Mind Recordings.
The fast and furious hardcore band call Vermont home and includes former members of Contra (LI), The Solidarity Pact, As We Were, and Crucial Times. On Chaotic Good, the band emphasizes a DIY approach to their music at all the different levels. Working closerly with friends, he record was recorded in the basement of guitarist Matt Kimball by Eric Wisowaty and was mastered by Chris Macie. Following that focus on personal relationships, the all ages record release show takes place at Junktiques in Burlington, VT this Friday.
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Tours Boris tour dates
Posted Aug. 22, 2019, 9:57 a.m.
photo by Miki Matsushima
In conjunction with new record LφVE & EVφL, which releaes on October 4 (Third Man Records), Boris has announced North American tour dates in August and September, including dates with Uniform. The band is ...
Tours Khemmis and UN this winter
Posted Aug. 19, 2019, 9:28 p.m.
photo by Loren Green
Seattle's UN will offer support on a winter tour from Khemmis this December, sharing tour dates from Dec. 6-14. For more info, take a loook at the dates after the jump.
Obituaries Somos guitarist Phil Haggerty passes away
Posted Aug. 19, 2019, 8:58 p.m.
Boston's Somos have announced the upcoming release of its third album, Prison On A Hill, but also tragic news along with the new record. The band's guitarist Phil Haggerty, age 28, passed away ...
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Music News Peter Murphy suffers heart attack
Posted Aug. 19, 2019, 8:24 p.m. in Music News by Loren
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Peter Murphy recently had to cancel a New York, NY performance at Le Poisson Rouge on August 13 due to a medical emergency, which was ...
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Records New "Live in a Dive" release: Face To Face
Posted Aug. 19, 2019, 7:44 p.m. in Records by Loren
Face To Face - Live In A Dive
The live record series Live in a Dive from Fat Wreck Chords has a new edition coming on October 18 from Face to Face. The ...
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Records Split EP by Gridfailure and Feel Happiness
Posted Aug. 13, 2019, 9:28 p.m. in Records by Loren
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A new split EP will showcase two solo experimental outfits, Gridfailure and Feel Happiness. The 7-track release comes out digitally on Sept. 13.
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MP3s Colored Moth streaming in full
Posted Aug. 12, 2019, 9:18 p.m. in MP3s by Loren
Colored Moth - DIM
The latest from Germany's Colored Moth, DIM, is streaming now at Echoes and Dust. The album is the second full-length from the noise rock ...
Bands Mike Watt and Todd Congelliere join forces for Round One
Posted Aug. 11, 2019, 9:04 p.m. in Bands by Loren
A new project named Jumpstarted Plowhards has announced its debut, Round One, set for release on October 4 on Recess Records. The project is a ...
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Records Anti-Flag release new live album
Posted Aug. 11, 2019, 8:30 p.m. in Records by Loren
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Outn ow, Anti-Flag have released Live Volume 2 on A-F Records. The record pulls from the band's entire catalog, captured over three nights at ...
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Music News Cassette Store Day 2019
Posted Aug. 11, 2019, 8:20 p.m. in Music News by Loren
Cassette Store Day 2019 is set for Saturday October 12 at various independend stores across North America. It's the fifth such date in North ...
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