Face Reality - Self Titled 7"

Wow, wish I hadn't slept so long on this record!  

Face Reality are a Straight Edge band from Detroit Michigan, and holy shit do they sound like Turning Point!  (Demo and first 7" era Turning Point)  I picked this record up from Boo Boo Records a few weeks ago, and it ended up sitting by my record player until last night when I finally had a chance to listen to it.  (I've been hooked on reading The Hunger Games, so that and playing with the kids has taken up all of my free time lately)  It's been years since I've bought anything from Youngblood Records.  Youngblood was my favorite hardcore label during the early and mid 2000's, but somewhere around the Fired Up record I stopped paying so much attention.  I'm not really sure why.  Maybe it had to do with their decrease in new releases, or maybe it was the type of bands they were releasing but Youngblood definitely fell off my radar.  ( I did like the Coptic Times 7" though) 
So when I saw this record and saw the layout, it reminded me of Youngbloods earlier releases and I decided to give it a chance without even listening to it first.  Lucky for me I picked up a winner. 

I guess that this is Face Reality's second 7".  I don't know when, or who released their first record but I'm definitely going to try and track that down.  GET THIS RECORD!! 

Step Aside - Reaching Out

I took a chance on this record, having never heard a single track from the band before I ordered this record.  I know, it could have taken me two seconds to search "Step Aside" on Google to at least hear what they sounded like.. but where is the fun in that? 

I remember seeing this when it first came up on RevHq's upcoming releases page, and clicking on the link strictly because of the artwork.  In my book, Hooded dudes with no faces = awesome record!  So I filed the image away in the back of my mind to check out at a later date.  That later date came when I saw Mike's post on over at The One Thing That Still Holds True record blog (read his blog if you don't already!!!) 

I'm glad that he posted this record, because in all honesty I probably wouldn't have checked them out, and I would have missed out on hearing a sweet new band.  I'm surprised at how much I like this record.  I liked it a lot from the get go, and that doesn't happen much with me.  Normally it will take me a few spins before I get into a new record. 

This 7" reminds me a lot of what I was listening to around the early 2000's, and I think Step Aside would have fit in really well with that group of bands.  So, if you are a fan of youth crew, you need to check this band out.  You won't be disappointed. 

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