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    Crux

    How Does This Go?

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Marco Povervest

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    Label Boot to Head RecordsArt for the Ears2001
    hardcorehardcore punklo-fipunk

    The Crux flag was drawn a few years ago but to look back on this band, Boot To Head Records released this record. How Does This Go contains 21 tracks. The first seven are from a recording-session in 1998 shortly before the band called it quits. Those songs contain solid hardcore punk. The first track starts quite fast. It's hard pumping music that must be a wild experience live. One song on this album was taken from the Cakewalk album recording session in 1997. Eleven songs are from a 1993 independent demo. And the last two songs were once on a 7" Crux release in 1994. This is no nonsense hardcore punk, plug in and play. Aggressively but friendly at times.

    Other coverage for this album

    HM Magazine #74Reviewed by Doug Van PeltHere's a collection of tunes going way back to a 1993 self-titled tape, three songs from a 1994 7-inch vinyl, a leftover from the Cakewalk sessions, and a look back to the future with seven brand new ones. The drums sound kind of canned in places, and the difference in recording sonics is obvious, but it's just raw punk from track 1 through 21. Fast, hard, dirty, raw, and sometimes painful. I…

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