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    HM Magazine #74/Crux
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    Crux

    How Does This Go?

    (1998)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Boot to Head RecordsHM Magazine #74November 1998
    hardcorehardcore punklo-fipunk

    Here's a collection of tunes going way back to a 1993 self-titled tape, three songs from a 1994 7-inch vinyl, a leftover from the Cakewalk sessions, and a look back to the future with seven brand new ones. The drums sound kind of canned in places, and the difference in recording sonics is obvious, but it's just raw punk from track 1 through 21. Fast, hard, dirty, raw, and sometimes painful. I think the best tune is the flailing "Generation X," from the `93 release.

    Other coverage for this album

    Art for the Ears 2001Reviewed by Marco PovervestThe Crux flag was drawn a few years ago but to look back on this band, Boot To Head Records released this record. How Does This Go contains 21 tracks. The first seven are from a recording-session in 1998 shortly before the band called it quits. Those songs contain solid hardcore punk. The first track starts quite fast. It's hard pumping music that must be a wild experience live. One song on this…

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