Left For Dead - Splitting Heads

A goddamned all-time ripper of a discography, up there with the likes of Rorschach or Infest, in my humble opinion. Of course, I didn't hear this until after their demise, coming to it as a result of Ruination and Haymaker. B/C I was young and dumb and really hyped on ska when LFD was playing out, the follow up to the Beckman Brothers' immortal Chokehold. Working my way backwards, I put it together that Left For Dead did that Acrid diecut buzzsaw split on No Idea, an amazing concept that I somehow missed buying. So dumb.

"Splitting Heads" features just 14 studio tracks (their splits with Ochre & Acrid) and their half of a live split 12", shared with Chokehold. The front half was recorded for $40 in a psychopath's basement; it sounds like it. Not a lot of output for such an influential band, but every single cut is explosive. A389 reissued the studio portion as "Devoid Of Everything" in 2013. Left For Dead played a surprise set at CCAS after the A389 Anniversary in 2013, and were as great as I had hoped.

Totally worth spending at least $10 for. Do it.

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