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Angel Hair was a hardcore band from Boulder, Colorado active from September 1992 to January 1995. During this time they released three split 7"s with The Fisticuff's Bluff, Bare Minimum and Kerosene 454 respectively, a S/T 7", a 12" entitled Insect Mortality and appeared on various compilations. After the band split up a discography of all studio recordings was released on CD entitled Pregnant With The Senior Class.

Angel Hair has an incredibly unique sound and were extremely influential on the hardcore scene coming out of the late 1990s. They seamlessly blend elements of chaotic hardcore with elements of emotional hardcore and put their own chaotic, experimental flair on it. It's hard to compare them to many other bands because they were really doing their own thing. Bits and pieces of their experimental sound became more consistent in the late 1990s, however in 1992 when the band formed, they definitely stood out as different.

Angel Hair's 12" Insect Mortality is one of, if not their best release in my opinion, they really had their sound figured out to a perfect science and listening to it honestly never gets old, there's always something new to notice and appreciate. Not to mention it includes their killer cover of Bauhaus's "Stigmata Martyr".

Note that the 12" is also a different mix (that I might just like better) of these tracks than the recording on their discography CD.

Angel Hair also has a blog with many photos, old fliers and posters, t-shirts, and their releases which you can check out here.

Insect Mortality 12"

Other vinyl rips with alt mixes:

Bare Minimum Split

Self Titled 7"

Fisticuffs Bluff Split

In Memory Of Jason 12" (Kisses)

Insect Mortality 12" 1995 (Gravity)

Foreword:

Alright, heres the post that might get me in trouble. Have mercy on me Numero, I just don't love the remastering job on "Giving Birth To Thunder". In my opinion, the amount of noise reduction they used completely neutered the fidelity of the songs. So heres a collection of my personal rips + 2 songs that weren't included on the Numero compilation. They are cleaned enough so that the noise isn't overwhelming but not so much that the drums and high/low frequencies are cut off. My delusions of grandeur tell me they sound a bit better.

Indian Summer was a hardcore band from Oakland, California. Indian Summer may just be the most influential emocore band ever, with their discography being highly sought after by collectors. Its a shame that they lost the masters to their songs, resulting in the generally lo-fi sound in the circulating digital copies.

Indian Summer was a band full of passion, emotion and experimentation. They wrote incredibly deep and personal lyrics for their songs and created a unique mystique for them through their 7" packaging and incredible stage presence live. Indian Summer was one of those bands that should have made it; it's good that they have had a resurgence in popularity lately as they completely deserve it.

Thats mostly what I have to say about this band. Theres plenty of info on them online if you are thirsty for more.

From Adam Nanaa about the halloween show track: That’s the first incarnation of “train is leaving”. I called that song tunnel digging machine.

Heres my unofficial discography, + 2 missing tracks from the Numero discography; ripped from the original 7"s and manually cleaned in Izotope.

Enjoy.