LAST OPTION - Burning (+ Over Time EP)

Location: Arizona, USA

Release: In Your Face Records, 1988

Time to dig out another hidden old school jam/gem, Phoenix's LAST OPTION!

During their first run, they lasted from '86 to '91 with 3 recordings out, right after the demo they've put out in 1987 the Over Time EP which was the first release by SOUL FORCE RECORDS (same label that put out Insight and Breakaway) and in 1988 the Burning LP came out on IN YOUR FACE RECORDS ran by Kalvin Piper from Heresy.

Expect fast paced hardcore inspired by Southern California sound, many bands come to mind but you will find similarities in groups such as Final Conflict (Ashes To Ashes era), late Insted, Nemesis Records' Point Blank.

In 2019 they got back together and LAST OPTION entered the digital era, streaming services, downloads, you name it, they're on it... and guess what else? A new album emerged GET ACTION BE SANE, that's a 30+ years reunion gap, damn!

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BETTER THAN YOU - HA HA HA

Location: Stockholm, Sverige

Release: DBNO Records, 2021

Artwork: Jacob Bondesson

Best demo I heard so far this year (although it came out in december lol), BETTER THAN YOU is the perfect Swedish answer to USA's Iron Boots, UK's Wardogs and Canada's Wild-Side, hell yes, I would edit this pic I took a while back to add them there.

In Ha Ha Ha attitude meets bouncy NYHC in 7 short tracks that begs for repeats like starving kids on happy meals! The ones behind this are no strangers in the scene with bandmembers being in a plethora of killer bands of the recent past from UK's Cold Snap and Inherit to other Swedes acts like Neighborhood, Lifeblood and today's everyone new favorites Speedway. To spice things up they invited 2 different guest vocals: Patricia from Lawgiver (among other bands) and Anton from Time To Heal / Existence.

Also don't forget to check their contribution track to that Flubber compilation, WE ROCK THE HOUSE!

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