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By the way, Chicago is also the only hardcore/punk stronghold that is not located on the US coast, and with DWARVES, FLATFOOT 56, LARD, RISE AGAINST, SCREECHING WEASEL, LAWRENCE ARMS, JESUS LIZARD, and the TOSSERS, the largest trading city in the USA boasts a variety of excellent bands. Okay, not all of these bands are still active, but new bands continue to emerge from the shadows of the skyscrapers, and one of them is THE SKY WE SCRAPE.
After this long introduction, I will get straight to the point: I like their debut album "Divides." The 12 songs are relatively diverse, sometimes melodic punk rock, sometimes lively hardcore. But above all, there is the impactful singing of Jason S. Thompson, who is supported on the seventh track "Albatross" by Garrett Dale from RED CITY RADIO, whose album "Titles" I rightly celebrated just a few weeks ago.
It's just a shame that I once again don't have a booklet, but at least I have the lyrics. And there's an additional plus point because "Divides" is also available in a double vinyl format. Sometimes the 44 minutes of playtime are on a clear vinyl disc limited to only 100 hand-numbered copies, and sometimes on a red polyvinyl chloride disc limited to 400 copies. I think that's awesome ;-)
