Fun Chug Life fact number 27: This is our 200th post.
D'amore was a screamo band from Philadephia, PA who were around from 2004 to 2005. It was really hard to find their tracks, and I know I don't have all of their stuff but this is what I could get. I have one LP and what I am assuming is a collection of songs recorded in 2005, because it is called "2005". Hopefully some archivist well put some more information about the band in a comment or something becuase you would think that this band would be well documented and shit. I couldn't find much on them though. Oh well. They did splits with Towers, Dawn Treader and Adonis Battlefield, but I don't have the D'amore tracks for the later two. Sorry about that. The members have played in, and are currently playing in, a shit ton of bands, most notably Towers and Algernon Cadwallader. Below is a video, their lp, split with Towers and that 2005 collection. Thanks to Andrew from Lizards Have Personalities and THIOB for the tracks. All the D'amore pictures are too fucking small, so they have been replaced with cool pictures of steam punks.
So last week I was talking to my friend Paul about bands and shows and whatever when he showed me the blog he ran. My band was going to play the last show at his house in California but his landlord told him he couldn't do it or something, but it was cool because we got to play with Glasses and Comadre that day. Anyways, while I was looking on his blog I saw that Towers and Dogs of Ire played at his place on their tour this summer promoting their split. Naturally, I asked Paul if he had any of their tracks and he told me that it was fucking impossible to find their discography. He was right, kind of. It took me a little while to find out that most of their releases are not really circulating the web, but you can go onto Towers' bandcamp and download a good portion of their earlier work (any split on there only has the Towers' tracks, but its better than nothing). I already had an album called "Collections", which seems to be an earlier discography or something, but I didn't see it listed on the band's discography section of their site. I did my best in locating a large portion of their material, but alas, I couldn't find all of it. I could not find their splits with They & The Children, Dogs of Ire or U.S Funk Team, although I have the later on vinyl and will upload that when my record player gets sent to me. Towers is a an experimental hardcore band from Philly. Their sound is comparable to Dawn Treader and Capsule I suppose; it utilizes hardcore and punk elements but throws in "weird" shit here and there. I once read that Hell Songs by Daughters was a mescaline trip put to music, but I think that that label is more applicable to Towers. I'm pretty bummed that I haven't got the chance to see Towers live yet, but hopefully that will change soon, this band seems pretty active. I strongly suggest that you download this shit because they are one of the better bands coming out of New England/The Mid Atlantic right now. Below is as much of their music as I could find and a video. BTW, they also have a song on both the 75:24 and Emo Apocalypse compilations, which can all be acquired elsewhere on here. BUY THEIR SHIT.
If you have any albums that I don't, like always, give them to me in a comment or something and I will put them up. Word.
PS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TOWERS BUT STREET SMART CYCLIST IS HAVING A REUNION SHOW IN BETHLEHEM, PA ON DECEMBER 26TH.
So a while back Ticklebutt Records/Soft City Records put out a tape compilation that featured a slew of Pennsylvania bands. My roommate just gave me the mp3s, and seeing as I haven't found them on the internet I figured I might as well throw em up here. I don't know if you can still actually buy the tape, but I'm sure there are copies floating around if you look hard enough. Below is the track list and the download link.
1. No Toy - Ape Up! 2. Smiles are Contagious - Best Friends 3. Soft Pretzels - Peter & Craig 4. I Left My Tattoos At Home - Boys & Sex 5. Hilarious Combinations of People - 1994! 6. Swallowing Cities - Cassilis 7. Well, I Did Spend A Year In College - We Were Skeletons 8. Sickpits - Miami Dolphins 9. Wonder Why - Bandname 10. Super Tape Worm Level 1 Area 2 - The Joints Chiefs of Math 11. Apartment Buildings - Hightide Hotel 12. You Bring Something ... No - Snowing 13. Chobra Son - Boyfriends 14. Priests with Laser Eyes - Towers 15. Black Clouds - Algernon Cadwallader 16. Indiana Pete - Kite Party 17. When You're in Town - Dangerous Ponies 18. Options - Hop Along, Queen Ansleis 19. Be Free Monster - Craig Woods 20. The Old Cherry Tree - Mike Bell 21. Deep Dark Start - Dragonzord 22. Hallmark - Matt = Tank 23. Pirates - Airports 24. Party Song - Why-No 25. Thomas The Puppy Dog - Peter The Pianoeater 26. Tow of Flax - Those Galloping Hordes
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