Early Tapes Vol. 1 [LP]

Gun Outfit - Early Tapes Vol. 1 [LP]

A remaster and first time pressing of the earliest Gun Outfit cassettes, which were produced by the band to sell on their first two national tours in 2009 and 2010, along with some unreleased tracks. The aesthetic at the time was basically an embrace of primitivism. Technical know how was actively disdained in favor of abject expressionism. The context was the hardcore scene, but it was Olympia, so there was some kind of hermetic awareness that could be read as art. This record shows the side of the band that was least afraid of what people thought. The tapes were for friends, there was no outside audience yet. The Emanation cassette was recorded by four track cassette wizard Adam Croce (from Broken Strings) at Carrie's dad (Chunk's) house during the summer. “We thought he was insane because he made us do multiple takes.” Reuben Storey of the death metal band Funerot was the drummer and played a role in arranging the songs. The tape had space on it that an LP didn't. The self-titled cassette was recorded in various spots throughout Olympia—mostly the slummy abandoned office building where every band practiced downtown and was mixed at the double wide where Carrie did work trade shoveling out horse stables for rent, Weeping Willow Ranch. Daniel Swire joined on drums after Reuben s(more...) Side A: 1, Emanation 2. Living Proof 3. New Love Thunders 4. Prayer For Deafness 5. Fade Out 6. Dim Light Side B: 1. Transference 2. Talismanic Bones 3. Checkmate 4. Laughing Eyes 5. High Price To Pay