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This week Jason and Joshua dissect one of the great mysteries of early 90’s hardcore: Lincoln’s “Union” 7" on Watermark Records. Heavy but not metal, melodic but not emo, this was a singular release by a band that would do a hard 180 within the next year and build their legend upon their later releases. But “Union” is an all-time great record and utterly confounding. We try to unpack what’s happening on this record, as well as talk about 90’s graphic design, Syracuse hardcore fliers and the strange connection that between this and Earth Crisis’ “Firestorm” 7" that came out at exactly the same moment as “Union”.

We’ve seen the revived Unwound, Jawbox, June of 44, Mission of Burma, and some others and the experience has left us scratching our chins. What makes one reunion a cash grab and another a love letter to the fans (ew, phrasing)? This clip is an outtake from an used episode about Unwound’s “Negated” 7" on Troubleman Unlimited. The audio sucked, the framing sucked but this chunk seemed salvageable.

The #emocore scene in the 90’s produced some really danceable music (especially for punk/hardcore) like Rye Coalition but then the audiences sat on the ground like it was a poetry reading. What gives?

KARP were a hi-octane sludge/metal/rock band and K Records put out twee pop. How'd they hook up?

Hardcore in the 90’s went through a sea change and fast. Blink and you probably missed it.

Wild conjecture from Joshua on what could have been if Lincoln had recorded an LP

New year, a new podcast! Just what everyone was dying for. Jason Gillis and Joshua Hardisty break down a seminal 90's hardcore (sorta) record — the Karp/Rye Coalition split 12" on Troubleman Unlimited. Questions asked: Is it good? What does it mean? Why weren’t we f**king with Karp? Why was everybody sitting down in 1995? Why doesn’t everyone hate that stupid Refused record? When did 90's emo packaging jump the shark? What does Rye have to do with Hoover? Some other stuff, too, probably. SHOW NOTES: Karp/Rye Coalition split 12": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-YDgrmd7u8 Kill All Redneck Pricks (Karp documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwSYMqp8svA ‘The Shape of Punk to Come’ Sucks: https://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/the-shape-of-punk-to-come-refused Rye Coalition — live in John Hiltz’ basement, 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8NR7P5Y5Yo Rye Coalition — live 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1R0mHPQu7U PLUGS/SPONSORS: Abilene “Endee Burial” boxset: https://abilene-endeeburial.bandcamp.com/album/endee-burial Jason’s Discogs store: https://www.discogs.com/seller/g00berz/profile Joshua’s Discogs store: https://www.discogs.com/seller/795media/profile