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!!
I'm still waiting for my Youngblood order, and I'm really looking forward to hearing this record. Good luck finding the first 7 inch. It was released on Dead End, and the dude that was running the label dropped out of the scene, taking a bunch of money with him.
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Oof. That sucks. I remember reading your post, but must have completely forgot about them.
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