Sonntag, 23. Juni 2013

per koro pt. 3/5: h2o

h2o – s/t
in this previous post i already let see through that i’m the owner of this recent bridge9 re-pressing of h2o’s self-titled debut record from 1996. i saw another copy sitting at burnout store in hamburg several times but never came around picking it up. so this time around i threw it in the cart at per koro. because, as always with per koro, prices were and are very moderate.
the b9 re-press comes with a lovely embossed cover. not just only the h2o logo is embossed, nope, it’s the whole flame, dice and cards thing. great stuff. the vinyl looks pretty good, too. “clear green vinyl, what’s so special about that?”, you might ask. well, the pictures don’t do it justice but the vinyl has some sort of white shades through it. i couldn’t make it visible in the pictures with my shitty cam. so you just have to believe me or buy your own copy :)
musically it easily has become my favourite record of h2o. lovely straight edge induced melodic hardcore punk. positive all the way through. love it! just like on the other records the debut comes with features of loads of nyhc roalty. stigma/af, anthony/killing time or jimmy/murphy’s law to name a few.
first press on blackout! records in 1996. clear green vinyl. limited to 700 copies and the second rarest of this re-pres. two other colours pressed: white/300 and clear purple/1000. record holds a download dropcard. bridge9 records. 2011.