For Gabe (AKA "Tape Three: Stolen Shoes in a Pile")
Side A //
01. Allure - I Think I Can
02. Moss Icon - Memorial
03. Rites of Spring - For Want Of
04. Evergreen - Two-Hundred and Fifty Dollar Loser
05. The Pine - Wearing Thin
06. Die, Emperor! Die! - Six Feet Beneath My Heart
07. Navio Forge - Haloed Eyes
Side B //
01. Indian Summer - Reflections on Milkweed
02. Ordination of Aaron - Parthenon
03. Shotmaker - Pilot
04. Ettil Vrye - Did the Flash Catch it in Time...?
05. Embassy - Training Wheels
06. September - Cyrus the White Rabbit
Packaging: Clear plastic tape case with tracklisting typewritten onto paper bag.
The third tape in the series...unlike the others, this is specific songs, not full 7"s/10"s/LPs. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is my best tape ever. All really great songs on their own, but in this order, with this flow, the greatness is amplified even further. Both sides start off slow (coincidentally, both with bass intros) and crescendo, each song having it's own climaxes, and each side having multiple climaxes in and of itself. The last songs of both side are particularly cathartic and intense. I stuck strictly to the Mid-80s to Mid-90s Emotive Hardcore sound, and even though not all of the bands are Mid-80s to Mid-90s, they all have the intensity and cruciality of the style.
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