Hardcore Pride (Equal Vision Records) - Ten Yard Fight
Straight-edge hardcore out of Boston, Mass. This is Ten Yard Fight. I didn't expect much when I picked up this album, though I had heard some good things about the band. I popped it into my CD player and got basically everything I expected from this young band. The album itself consists of a remastered demo and the new EP. The songs from the demo are short, fast, and fun, but the real gems are on the EP tracks. The first two songs ("Hardcore Pride" and "Forever") are great, but the songs fizzle out a bit after that. Then there is your traditional hokey straight edge lyrics thrown into the songs for that added cheese appeal. For example, there is even a song called "Proud to be Straight". This is needless. Why is it that straight-edge bands insist on preaching? Just shut up and play the fucking songs, assholes. "sXe for life" "XXX Drug Free XXX" or "Poison Free" slogans just don't do it for me. Shut the hell up. As soon as you are 21, I know you'll be sitting upstairs at the Rat arguing with me over a pool game. All this aside, it wasn't a bad $8.00 spent.