ONE LAST WISH - 1986 LP

The legendary unreleased studio recordings from 1986 produced by IAN MACKAYE. Formed after the breakup of RITES OF SPRING by EDWARD JANNEY, BRENDAN CANTY, GUY PICCIOTTO, and ex-FAITH guitarist MICHAEL HAMPTON.

Like Rites of Spring playing new wave, like Minor Threat covering The Beatles, so many incredibly poppy, jangly melodies played at thrashing speed.

Beautiful harmonies, euphoric choruses, cathartic musicianship, and fucking hell.... just, again, the melodies. Insane. Absolute perfection.

This is an artifact of so many scenes colliding in their infancy, hardcore and emo and weird jangle stuff and emo and indie and etc etc etc, all played with such an obvious, unabashed pop sensibility it’s seriously impossible to not enjoy unless you’re some gloomy douche.

Lightning in a bottle.