Record Review: Shortlived LP

When I'd first of Shorlived all I knew was they were from NZ and were often compared to Far Left Limit, the FLL was obviously enough to peak my curiosity as FLL have been one of my favorite bands since I started listening to harDCore.

My record player broke just before I bought this and was okay without having one for a while but when the record arived and it sat on my shelf for a couple of weeks I had to go out and buy a new player.

And I am glad I did!

This record is fucking great, thrashing fast hardcore with great lyrics sort of like a cross between FLL and Extortion and obviously the bands who influenced both those groups? who knows, I have a pretty hard time comparing bands and whatever. Its just super fast and pissed off music. Actually reminds me of why I started listening to this music in the first place. The drums crash and the vocals are so fast in places that its hard to believe there are actual words being screamed.

I can really relate to some of the lyrics for example in "Fundamentalist" - "I wanna go straight edge around all you alcholic punx/But hanging around with straightedgers makes me wanna get drunk"

and the song SAFE AND SECURE about not being 'safe' in this world at all ending with the line "Im safe in the knowledge that Im not safe at all"

This is a record you should try and track down. I think only 200 copies were made?