Payday

Another release from late last year that I have only just picked up the vinyl for is the debut release from London straight edge outfit Payday. The record is titled 'Second To None' and features ten songs of music which (if you didn't guess from the name) is in the same ballpark as the stuff that was coming out of Cleveland about 30 years ago.

I was listening to this one through the second half of December, mainly on my walks to and from work. This seemed like the perfect soundtrack to walking in the freezing cold, dark and wet streets after returning from the laying on a beach in Miami. Life seemed miserable and pointless, and this record helped me get through it. Man, I fucking hate December.

As seems to be the case with pretty much every UK band these days, this band contains a former member of Violent Reaction (Tom) on drums. Not that this really means anything. But I had to mention it.

Interestingly, there were only 300 copies of this record made in total, with all being on green vinyl. Given how popular the label (Quality Control HQ) is to be these days, this does seem like a very low number. Even more interesting is that its been out for 4 months and there are still copies left (HERE).