Compilation released by Building Records in 2003, comprised of artist offerings from both Australia and overseas. The focus here is on hardcore, grind, emo, screamo and various manners of punk. The juxtaposition of Aussie bands such as St. Albans Kids (whom I'm pretty sure weren't kids from St. Albans, but may have been - the name is a movie reference (Firting), Love Like... Electrocution and Conation with overseas groups such as Hot Cross, Off Minor, pg.99 and Melt-Banana is apt for the cross-talk attempted by the compilers. In the search for the Great Australian Emo Analogues, this is a nice little missing link.
I first came across Building Records when I heard an Us Versus Them track on the PLF #4 compilation and tracked down the original release, which was released on building. There's quite a following for this kind of stuff, especially from the Blackwire Records camp (see the Home Taping Killed Music bandcamp for downloads of some of these artists, including the lovably named 'Iron Sausage' whose music is as far a cry from Zappa as I can think of. Well, maybe not...) who I guess sprouted from/continued this scene.
There's a Days of Iris track here, whose eponymous EP will appear in due time (it can be downloaded from bandcamp here). Come to think of it, there's a non-EP track of theirs on the aforementioned PLF compilation, another reason to go download it.
There are two Building Records sites, beyond which information is somewhat sparse. The first is a more cut down homepage with mushed together text and is well worth getting lost in - it seemed to have been taken down ca 2002 (i.e. prior to the release of this comp). There's a small discography page sadly with pictures missing in this iteration (and a reference to Beanz Baxter!). The second appears to have overlapped with the former and was taken down sometime prior to 2008 (though the label ceased operation in 2005). There are lots of artist profiles here and links and you should spend a few hours browsing.
Additionally, you can purchase a very reasonably priced, physical copy of the comp from Trait Records here. I encourage you to do so, not only for better quality sound but also to support small labels and distros. Plus you can play in in your car without having to muck around with an aux or USB cable. It feels better.
One day I hope to have done enough research to tell the whole story. Enjoy the comp.
[Disc 1]
1. And Then The Chuds Came 1:26 Daughters
2. Static 2:40 Bright Calm Blue
3. Five Days Of Shit 1:23 Deadstare
4. The Process Is Set 1:44 Kaospilot
5. 44 4:03 Division Of Laura Lee
6. Tips For Avoiding The Clap. One. I Wouldn't Piss On A Scorpion If It Was On Fire 2:26 Love Like Electrocution
7. Herald Scum 2:12 The Identity Theft
8. Sliding Scale 3:57 Bats & Mice
9. Beautiful Corpses 2:51 Ed Gein
10. Who's Driving This Thing Anyways? 3:18 Four Hundred Years
11. Churches And Bricks 0:35 Charcoal Human
12. Action Items 2:41 Pilot To Gunner
13. I Think I Know Where Elvis Lives 2:43 You&I
14. In Harm's Way 4:31 Fin Fang Foom
15. Distress Of Ignorance 5:45 envy
16. Girls, Girls, Girls 0:18 Iron Sausage
17. Dreaming In Dog Years 3:02 The Red Chord
18. Neck On B1 0:41 Melt-Banana
19. Drones Dream 3:55 Bird Blobs
20. I Am Hiphop 1:21 St. Albans Kids
21. Afternoon 2:42 The Cassettes
22. Constant Nonsense 3:11 Blood Like Water
23. Rogue Rodeo 1:54 Crestfallen
24. Last Name 3:20 Maximillian Colby
25. A Martyr Apart 3:15 Staying At Home
26. High Maintenance 2:17 Transistor Transistor
27. Some Call It Vertigo 2:44 Syndicate
28. Its A Beauty 1:08 Off Minor
29. Looking Back On The Way You Want To Be In The Future 0:57 Neil Perry
30. Landscapes 5:22 Black Sea
[Disc 2]
1. Fortune Teller 3:27 Hot Cross
2. Wet To Dance 2:52 North Of America
3. Crow Quill 2:44 Circle Takes The Square
4. The Flirtcraft Case 2:26 Light The Fuse And Run
5. The Meaning Of Life... 0:55 ในใใใ
6. When Tyrants Orate 1:16 Conation
7. Autonomous 2:14 Oil
8. Fighting On The Streets 1:58 Upside Down Flag
9. Grendel 0:41 Tyranny Of Shaw
10. Nanomachines Are In My Bloodstream 1:41 A Trillion Barnacle Lapse
11. Fungry 1:29 Rah Bras
12. It Would Not Have Altered, In Any Way, Our Decision To Participate In This Operation 6:51 Limit Of Shunt
13. Songbird 5:27 Engine Down
14. She's Heroin 1:22 The Now
15. Red Dragons 3:09 Stockholm Syndrome
16. Dead Men 2:27 ShIkaRi
17. Name And Number 3:15 Stop It!!
18. I Wanna Sex You 2:16 Mr. Hyde And The Jeckyls
19. Dismembered With Paper Cuts 2:01 Pure Evil Trio
20. Music Is Done 1:39 Mannequin
21. A Heart Filled Reaction To Dissatisfaction 2:35 City Of Caterpillar
22. Summary Treatment 3:38 Forstella Ford
23. Home 3:26 Days Of Iris
24. Stranger 3:30 Mere Theory
25. Know Something 2:45 Mid Youth Crisis
26. 30 Equals 3:00 Sleepytime Trio
27. Well-Calibrated Moral Compass 3:49 Pine Bender
28. Pride, Honour, Loyalty And All I Hate About Hardcore 0:31 Far Left Limit
29. Forces Of Habit 1:10 A Days Refrain
30. Your Face Is A Rape Scene 3:48 pg.99
60 Songs (2003) - Various Artists
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