Artist: Wasteland
Album: No Trigger/Wasteland Split CD, Self Titled EP, Live Split 11", Wild Wild West Compilation, LP [Unreleased]
Release: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008 [Recorded]
Label: Self-Released, Clean Plate, Clean Plate, Galambis, Unreleased
Tracklist:
No Trigger/Wasteland Split CD (Self-Titled, 2004)
1. The Long Kiss Goodnight
2. Define Irony
3. After The Wake
4. Shell Beach
Self Titled EP (Clean Plate, 2005)
1. ...Marching As To War
2. River
3. New American Century
4. Fading Light
Live at Dead Air Split 11" (Clean Plate, 2006)
1. ...Marching As To War
2. Fading Light
Wild Wild West (Galambis, 2006)
1. Hearts And Minds
LP (Unreleased, recorded in 2008)
1. Winds Of Change
2. 114
3. Salesman
4. What Other Outcome?
5. Welcome Home
6. Terms Of War
7. Pawns
8. Life In The Shadow Of No Towers
9. Burn Bright And Blind
10. Embers
I'm terribly sorry for the untimeliness of this post. It has been just over a week since the Wasteland played it's swan-song show at the venerable Flywheel in Easthampton, MA. Stories and pictures describe an event fit for even the most hardened of mosh warriors. A good time for all. Despite the high energy this show is rumored to have contained, I think it went off without a hitch and most importantly without the band's accident prone singer injuring himself. I had made plans for weeks to go to this but ultimately ended up driving in the other direction. Member's of the band requested that I post this offering for suspecting and unsuspecting hardcore nerds alike.
Wasteland caught the hardcore world at an unlikely time. At the peak of a thrash revival in New England, Wasteland emerged bearing the cross of heavy, devastating, sometimes melodic crust/hardcore. Their songs are sometimes fast, sometimes punishingly slow. All of them are worthy of a listen. Therrien (whom I think was the primary songwriter? ) was very good at writing "parts". Each song has successful transitions, is dynamic, gritty and hard. What made Wasteland noticeable in a sea of wanna' be crust whiners is their dirtiness. Ultimately, Wasteland is best characterized as a literately leftist , melodic hardcore band. They share with contemporary crust music politically edgy lyrics (but so much better than your Tragedy-styled clone band). What they have that makes them better is a dirty sound that makes them actually worthy of being called "punk" contra "myspace crust"*. Each of these records sounds scaldingly raw. "River", "Define Irony", "Marching As To War", and "Fading Light" are some of my favorite songs.
So get on it you life-style anarchist morons! Learn something!
Download Here
-Colman
*I owe this term to the No Fucker Myspace...sorry.
Album: No Trigger/Wasteland Split CD, Self Titled EP, Live Split 11", Wild Wild West Compilation, LP [Unreleased]
Release: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2006, 2008 [Recorded]
Label: Self-Released, Clean Plate, Clean Plate, Galambis, Unreleased
Tracklist:
No Trigger/Wasteland Split CD (Self-Titled, 2004)
1. The Long Kiss Goodnight
2. Define Irony
3. After The Wake
4. Shell Beach
Self Titled EP (Clean Plate, 2005)
1. ...Marching As To War
2. River
3. New American Century
4. Fading Light
Live at Dead Air Split 11" (Clean Plate, 2006)
1. ...Marching As To War
2. Fading Light
Wild Wild West (Galambis, 2006)
1. Hearts And Minds
LP (Unreleased, recorded in 2008)
1. Winds Of Change
2. 114
3. Salesman
4. What Other Outcome?
5. Welcome Home
6. Terms Of War
7. Pawns
8. Life In The Shadow Of No Towers
9. Burn Bright And Blind
10. Embers
I'm terribly sorry for the untimeliness of this post. It has been just over a week since the Wasteland played it's swan-song show at the venerable Flywheel in Easthampton, MA. Stories and pictures describe an event fit for even the most hardened of mosh warriors. A good time for all. Despite the high energy this show is rumored to have contained, I think it went off without a hitch and most importantly without the band's accident prone singer injuring himself. I had made plans for weeks to go to this but ultimately ended up driving in the other direction. Member's of the band requested that I post this offering for suspecting and unsuspecting hardcore nerds alike.
Wasteland caught the hardcore world at an unlikely time. At the peak of a thrash revival in New England, Wasteland emerged bearing the cross of heavy, devastating, sometimes melodic crust/hardcore. Their songs are sometimes fast, sometimes punishingly slow. All of them are worthy of a listen. Therrien (whom I think was the primary songwriter? ) was very good at writing "parts". Each song has successful transitions, is dynamic, gritty and hard. What made Wasteland noticeable in a sea of wanna' be crust whiners is their dirtiness. Ultimately, Wasteland is best characterized as a literately leftist , melodic hardcore band. They share with contemporary crust music politically edgy lyrics (but so much better than your Tragedy-styled clone band). What they have that makes them better is a dirty sound that makes them actually worthy of being called "punk" contra "myspace crust"*. Each of these records sounds scaldingly raw. "River", "Define Irony", "Marching As To War", and "Fading Light" are some of my favorite songs.
So get on it you life-style anarchist morons! Learn something!
Download Here
-Colman
*I owe this term to the No Fucker Myspace...sorry.
2 comments:
The last show was at the Marsh House at Amherst College, not at the Flywheel.
"Winds of Change" is awesome.
Cheers,
Alex
you thanks alex. oh! o'coin played me the band you had going in san francisco. want to send me a demo for review? i remember really liking it! (forgive me if this wasn't you band, but i think it was!)
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