Car Crash
“Execution”, “I Don’t Care” b/w “Bright Future”
scum stats: 200 copies on black vinyl
I am shocked to see that this record was released in 2015. That feels like eons ago. I’m pretty sure I was hipped to this by the K Records email list but instead of buying it straight from the source I put it on a running list of “need to purchase” items that I kept in my pocket for a few months. This copy came straight from Grimey’s, the record store down the street from TMR that is always happy to special order items of this nature when I request them on the regular. These three tracks have been sitting contently in my “to listen to” pile for at least a year. I’ll get better, I promise.
Jams here are gems, all high energy punk ’n’ roll, a vibe that feels properly updated from the mid-90’s heyday when Rip Off Records was king. Tight, lockstep, there is absolutely nothing wrong or out of place on this record. I could (and should) listen to shit like this for days without ever tiring. I feel like my tastes exist in a previously undefined ether-region where something of the approach/style/tone needs to be vaguely familiar, yet anything slavishly rehashed or redundant throws up immediate red flags and shade. Such a fine line and Car Crash is on the proper side of it. Sold out from the label, it’s worth the troll around to find one elsewhere in the bottomless pit internet. I believe the band is Japan and that should only further your appreciation.
I love 45’s existing as 8 minute time capsules into an exact period. No fussing about, make a statement, make it quick and leave it behind for the rest of the world to uncover. I’m STILL turning up wonderfully brilliant 45’s, forgotten for decades, quite regularly. Outside of love for my family and time spent with them, it is no doubt my absolute favorite thing to do.
I’ve no indication that this band is not absolutely killing it live. In my mind, they do. Highly recommended you search this one out..
SIDE NOTE: I guess I’ve been writing about records here for just about 52 weeks, only missing a handful of times when travel or fatherhood became prohibitive. Hooray for me, hooray for you. I’ve got an extra copy of a wonderful book called “Why Vinyl Matters” by Jen Otter Bickerdike that features stellar interviews with all sorts of folks in the “biz” speaking about vinyl. Including yours truly. So in the comments here, in the spirit of the book, these weekly missives and everything we do at Third Man, let us know your thoughts on WHY VINYL MATTERS. I’ll pick the winner, as objectively as possible, and they’ll get the book mailed right to their door. How cool is that?
Thanks for reading for the past year and here’s to another 52 weeks.
Thank you for 52 weeks of records of the week!
Vinyl matters for the same reason these posts, we all like “that” feeling and we have to tell everyone about it. There is arguments aobut fidelity, but as a half deaf person that doesn’t do anything for me. When I got into the hobby there was an argument that the price was great as finding deals in yard sales and thrift stores and local shops was easily had, but these days when an LP easily cost $30+ it ain’t the price. We all know we don’t get vinyl for its space saving size…..Vinyl mattress because of the whole package! The art, the colors and swirls, the memories to where you were when you heard, when you bought, or when your daughter scratched it all up with her toys. It’s the stories behind it’s creation and the stories you create….and then hopefully pass on. Vinyl matters for if no other reason than it brings us all together, for better or worse. See you guys in line
Vinyl matters because have you ever tried rolling a joint on a cd cover.
All vinyl matters, but I think it’s an important in this current climate to say that black vinyl matters.
Black vinyl was the genesis. At one point, all vinyl was black. You could look into it and see your soul.
Saying ‘black vinyl matters’ does not discredit all of the other beautiful vinyl colors. The splatters, the splits, the swirls…I love them all equally. I’ve just seen too many black vinyl records collecting dust in dollar bins and garage sales lately. They need our love.
Vinyl matters because is it not divisive! Vinyl matters because it unites!
Vinyl matters because it makes music tangible again; and I have to work for the sound. Instead of pressing play, I have to carefully handle the record, clean and store it meticulously, and actively listen to it when its played (because I don’t have an automatic tonearm stop). Vinyl creates a music listening ritual, which adds greater enjoyment overall. And I get the thrill of the hunt again when finding physical media! That’s was vinyl matters.
Vinyl matters because I like it.
Vinyl matters because its time tested. Its a format that existed for over 100 years and the principals haven’t changed. Human nature has pushed past the format because we wanted something different. Different doesn’t always equal better. Like many things in life we become blind to its primary purpose and let different over rule quality. I.e. the runwell tt by vpi/shinola.
Ok it really doesn’t matter I’m just in it for the hipster status.
Travis for the win!!!
Vinyl matters because it’s demanding – you have to want to listen to it or it’s not gonna happen. Apart from that it’s obviously big, beautiful and romantic.
Also, vinyl matters because the options are basically to rent your music (Spotify etc) or store it on soulless office supplies (CD’s, harddrives etc).
Vinyl matters because it is a tangible medium. You can touch a record, feel its edges and weight. You interact with vinyl in ways that digital forms of music cannot replicate. Every LP provides a work of art that you can display. Vinyl can also be passed from parent to child and serve as a living history of what was happening in the family at certain places in time. That matters.