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Live promo tape for upcoming LP featuring ONLY ONE song off the record plus 2 old songs and 2 covers.
Our take: Not for the Weak Records has been releasing these promo cassettes before some of their LP releases, and rather than truncated previews that become obsolete once the full release comes out, they’re cool little snapshots that preview the record while offering a special treat for fans. The recent Consec promo tape featured songs from their LP, but from a different, live-in-the-studio session. Now this new one from Bato previews one track from their upcoming album alongside a few other treats. You get that new track, re-recordings of two older tracks, and two covers: Corrosion of Conformity’s “Minds Are Controlled” and CCR’s “Up Around the Bend.” All the Not for the Weak-affiliated bands have different styles, and Bato to me sounds like a pure USHC band… the kind of group that could have been on an old Mystic compilation (though they play a fuck of a lot better than most of those bands). Nowhere is that more apparent than on the CCR cover, which sounds so much like the half-joking, half-serious classic rock covers that appeared on so many 80s hardcore records… when they try and hit those high notes, I just lose it. I’m looking forward to Bato’s upcoming album, but I won’t get rid of this promo once it’s out.
Our take: Not for the Weak Records has been releasing these promo cassettes before some of their LP releases, and rather than truncated previews that become obsolete once the full release comes out, they’re cool little snapshots that preview the record while offering a special treat for fans. The recent Consec promo tape featured songs from their LP, but from a different, live-in-the-studio session. Now this new one from Bato previews one track from their upcoming album alongside a few other treats. You get that new track, re-recordings of two older tracks, and two covers: Corrosion of Conformity’s “Minds Are Controlled” and CCR’s “Up Around the Bend.” All the Not for the Weak-affiliated bands have different styles, and Bato to me sounds like a pure USHC band… the kind of group that could have been on an old Mystic compilation (though they play a fuck of a lot better than most of those bands). Nowhere is that more apparent than on the CCR cover, which sounds so much like the half-joking, half-serious classic rock covers that appeared on so many 80s hardcore records… when they try and hit those high notes, I just lose it. I’m looking forward to Bato’s upcoming album, but I won’t get rid of this promo once it’s out.