Quite possibly my favourite hardcore record this year has been 'This Is All We Ever Get' by Spaced. I immediately realised that I was going to have to pick up a copy of their first record too. At this point, there were three different colours that had been released by a US label (New Morality Zine) and also three colours that had been pressed by a European label (Genet Records). The US copies were sold out, and I wasn't overly excited by the colours of the Euro pressing. So as I was trying to decide what to do, a third pressing appeared. There were two colours available - yellow (100) and red (200). Given the cover art, I decided I wanted the yellow as it seemed the most suitable, but this was a RevHQ exclusive and only available in the States. And then a UK distro got some of the red vinyl, so I figured that would suffice.
Well, a couple of weeks later and I was ordering something else from a different UK distro, and lo and behold they had the yellow vinyl in stock. So I decided to order one, as this was my preferred colour.
I figured that the yellow was the most suitable colour as it similar to the band's smiley face logo, although the red goes quite well with the background colour of the cover.
So anyway, this record came out in 2022, and whilst it sounds similar to the new record, it's not quite as good. It's still a really good record, it's just that it isn't as good as the one that came out this year, which is hardly surprising. You can definitely tell that the band has got tighter in the time since this came out. But this is still a great hardcore record for sure.
When I bought the ywllow, I figured I would sell the red. But I haven't got around to it yet. If anyone wants it, let me know.
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