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14 unreleased tracks from Pittsburgh’s HOTTEST hardcore punk groups. Comes with 16 page booklet. One time pressing of 500.
Our take: One of theif not the singlebest hardcore scenes in the country gets the monument it deserves with Welcome to Pittsburgh. Anyone who is paying attention knows that Sorry State has all the love for Pittsburgh punks were always hyping bands from the city and we have (or are planning to) put out records by multiple bands on this compilation. So of course I love it! But Id be saying that regardless of any personal connections because this thing just rips. Im sure there are other things going on in Pittsburgh, but Welcome to Pittsburgh is composed entirely of fast hardcore bands playing fast hardcore songs. I wonder if they told every band to send in a short and fast ripper or if thats just the way it worked out. You would think at least one band would have tried to shake things up; even This Is Boston Not LA has the Proletariat. Perhaps its just that everyone on the comp knew who they would be up against, because you get a-level tracks from all of my favorite current bands from Pittsburgh: Heavy Discipline, Living World, Loose Nukes, Speed Plans, Peace Talks, RAT-NIP, Necro Heads, Detainees, Invalid, De Rodillas, No Time, Chiller, White Stains, and S.L.I.P. Wrap things up in some rad Keith Caves artwork and throw in a zine where every band gets a page to put their visual stamp on the record and you have a 100% essential compilation record. Like This is Boston Not LA and Flex Your Headthe gold standards for regional compilationsWelcome to Pittsburgh works equally well if you dont know much about this scene and youre looking for a sampler or if youre already a fan and youre eager to hear new material from these bands. And as befitting a city that is punker than you, I dont think its anywhere on the internet, so you have to buy the vinyl and get the entire experience theres no room for dabbling. Welcome to Pittsburgh is, without a doubt, one of the essential punk records of 2021.
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