The Bond We Share

Next up in my series of 6131 releases that I was given by Joey at Wanna Hear It Records is this Force Of Change 'The Bond We Share' 7". Originally released back in 2005, this was the third release on 6131 Records, when the label was based in Los Angeles.

Force Of Change who, from what I can tell, were only around for a couple of years, and were a straight edge band from California. I actually have a full length by this band in my collection that I picked up around the time it came out, in 2006. Funnily enough, I also have a Force Of Change that I got from Dave Mandel when I stayed at his house a couple of years ago. It must have been sat in a crate in his garage for probably sixteen years.

I was given two copies of this 7" - the gold vinyl copy (which is apparently out of 200 copies) and the more common clear vinyl (out of 500).

I don't remember too much about the album that I have, but I guess it was one of those things that I bought and it got overshadowed by something else and then forgotten about. But this is a pretty good 7". It's heavy straight edge HARDcore, and brings to mind stuff like early Throwdown, Terror, and which sounds pretty damn good to me in 2024. Crazy how stuff like this dates (or doesn't) sometimes.