GIHC.003 - Hangin' Tough - s/t 7"
Released Oct. 20th at the Edge Day Show in Braunschweig.
We originally intended to press 300 copies of this 7". 200 on white and 100 on black. Due to a mistake at the pressing plant we ended up with a total of 533 copies.
I personally checked all the 533 copies we received to see if there were any really sticking out and the following is what I found:
Quite a few black vinyl copies (69) do have minimal 'flaws' that people might not be too thrilled about having on a new record they just bought so we decided to turn those into Promo copies and since we got more records than we actually wanted and therefore had to make more covers anyway we decided to have extra Promo Covers made for these. The 'flaw' is either something that looks like a tiny bit of paper pressed into the vinyl or surface scratches probably from being handled at the pressing plant. Those are still good to play but I would hate to pay for one of these so we don't want you to.
Most white copies are regarded as dirty white because they have more or less black mixed in. Only 3 are considered to be white with no traces of black to be found at all and 8 have enough black mixed in to be regarded as transitional (by me). Of course it's a sliding scale and some might have decided differently on one or the other copy but these are the numbers I came up with. To make it easier for you to know what you got I asked my wife to mark the inner sleeves accordingly which she gladly did. With numbers being ridiculously low the copies were spread among us, the band and friends and actually never were for sale. I would even feel bad to charge someone extra for one of those since it's a sliding scale (as I mentioned before) and therefore the utmost nerdism. So you should consider your collection complete even if you only do have a regular dirty white copy. Everything else would be insane.
So here's the complete nerdario breakdown of the pressing:
3 white copies SOLD OUT!
8 transition copies SOLD OUT!
14 testpressings w/ different cover
24 record release show copies on black vinyl w/ extra cover # on the back SOLD OUT!
50 pre-order copies on black vinyl w/ extra cover # on the back SOLD OUT!
69 promo copies on black vinyl w/ different cover (not for sale)
181 black vinyl
198 dirty white vinyl
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| Front Cover |
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| Back Cover |
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| Front & Back Foldover |
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| inside Cover |
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| Front & Back Foldover |
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| inside Cover |
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| inside Cover w/ black + white vinyl |
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| white + black vinyl |
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| A Side Label |
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| B Side Label |
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| All Covers that come w/ black vinyl |
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| Pre-order edition /50 |
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| Release show edition /24 |
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| Extra release show + pre-order covers |
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| Pre-order edition front and back |
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| Release show edition front and back |
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| All regular editions: pre-order / dirty white / black / release show |
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| 'Shades of white' - white / dirty white / transition |
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| Example of a dirty white. It's hard to get a good pic of it. |
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| white vs dirty white |
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| White vinyl /3 |
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| Transition vinyl /8 |
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| Examplary transition vinyl. Of course they all look different. |
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Front cover of the promo version.
Everything else about it looks the same as with the regular edition. |
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| Front cover test press |
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| Back cover test press |
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| Open fold cover test press |
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| Inside right side of test press cover. Numbered out of 14. |
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| Dust sleeve of the test press. |
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| Vinyl A-Side |
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| Vinyl B-Side |
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!!!REVIEWS!!!
Stageload Jan. 7th 2014
So manch einer mag sich vielleicht gar nicht mehr daran erinnern, doch bis 2008 wüteten z.B. Bands wie Hoods Up aus Hamburg in der deutschen Straight Edge Szene. Auch Something Inside aus Senftenberg gaben sich bis Ende 2011 die Ehre und prügelten einem schnellen Straight Edge Hardcore á la Floorpunch um die Ohren.
Doch auch in Köln hat sich aktuell ordentlich was getan – Hangin’ Tough sind wieder da. Nach ihrer im Oktober 2011 veröffentlichten „Heart & Soul Demo“ schlägt die Straight Edge Moshkapelle erneut zu und versorgt uns mit einer sieben minütigen Self Titled EP die über Good Intentions Hardcore am 20.10.2013 veröffentlicht wurde.
Athletisch, wuchtig und geradeaus nach vorne, so startet die Partie mit „Hangin’ Tougher Than Ever“. Hier bekommt man ohne Umwege die volle Packung rein gedrückt. Schleppender Bass, klassischer Beat auf den Drums und flinke Gitarrenriffs, was will man mehr?
Dass die Burschen auch auf fesche Sneaker stehen, wird schnell bei „Heart On My Feet“ klar. “I’m just like you, just with better shoes. Because i wear my heart on my feet“. Sneaker und Hardcore? Geht immer! In den nachfolgenden Songs geht es dann beinahe ausnahmslos um das Straight Edge – Dasein sowie dessen way of life. “This is a struggle we will always win. So fuck you! I’m Straight Edge!“ Für Nicht-Straight-Edger rein textlich gesehen auf Dauer doch recht anstrengend und ermüdend.
Hangin’ Tough spielen Hardcore der eher älteren Schule, gemixt mit modernen moshigen Parts die live unglaublich fett rüberkommen. Eine Platte die in keinem Straight Edge – Haushalt fehlen darf, für Nicht-Edger jedoch kein Muss ist.
OX #112
Nach einem ultraschnell ausverkauften Demo auf Save My Soul Records kam nun doch eine 7“ der eigentlich als kurzfristiges Projekt geplanten HANGIN’ TOUGH aus Köln. Das Konzept des Demos – Songs, die nur von Straight Edge und Sneakern handeln – wird hier erfolgreich fortgesetzt, wenn auch dieses Mal der Fokus auf SxE-Texten liegt und sie damit nicht mehr als reiner Witz zu verstehen sind.
Musikalisch gibt es klassischen SxE-Hardcore mit NYHC-Einschlag und rauhen Vocals, der jedem Fan des Genres zusagen sollte. Trotz Freundschaftsbonus sei mir die Kaufempfehlung gestattet.
8/10
Fabian Dünkelmann
TRUST
Den review gibt's leider nur in der Printausgabe und nicht online.
Die Fotos sind uns zugeschickt worden. Vielen Dank dafür.
Bestes review!
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