Grave Mistake Records recently dropped a trio of 7-inches that raise a golden finger-point to `80s hardcore. We'll look at them one by one every so often for the next couple weeks or so (unless reviews become desperate and doubling up is a passable option).

Time to Escape is perhaps the harshest of the three. Originally pressed as a limited demo, it's a good thing these songs got a more widespread issue, because they could rip fucking holes in the universe. Time to Escape derive from D.C. and subsequently get a lot of comparisons to early locale like Government Issue (whose song title their very name derives from) and the Faith. This isn't completely off, but I think Time to Escape are way more intense than either here. There's a more screamed vocal fronting the band's terrorizing, blast-off tunes, for one thing. However, the band does have a sense of humor. Somewhere on Side B is a jokey, pop'n'roll riff that shows they aren't completely humorless.

Helping authenticate this 7" is a black and white insert and nicely raw coating on the songs that wrap up Time to Escape as a near artifact. In any event, it's a notable one.

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Wasted Time
Run Away