Hundredth - Free - VINYL LP

Hundredth have built a career on transformation, embracing change as their most defining trait. Over the past decade, the South Carolina-based band have forged a reputation for pushing boundaries, evolving their sound with each new album as if stepping into a new world. From their ferocious hardcore roots to the rich, immersive shoegaze of RARE-which landed on Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2017 list- to the shimmering, cinematic synthpop of Somewhere Nowhere, each has felt like the birth of a different band. Hundredth have explored a kaleidoscope of genres with unrelenting curiosity. Each era truly feels like a new identity-sometimes bruising, sometimes beautiful, but always unrelenting in it's desire to move forward.Now, after five years in the dark, they return with Faded Splendor-a vivid collision of post-punk urgency and widescreen indie rock. The album draws from decades of alternative influence the angular pulse of early-2000s revival, the brooding intensity of '80s UK post-punk, the anthemic shimmer of '90s alt-rock, and the atmospheric drift of dream pop-with a touch of alt-country flickering in the margins, perhaps just a symptom of growing up in the South. But it isn't nostalgia-it's propulsion.The record opens with Curve, a soaring, emotionally charged track that sets the pace, with a rich, expansive sound reminiscent of Silversun Pickups or the atmospheric qualities of early-'00s indie rock. InchBig LoveInch follows, carrying the weight of widescreen power-pop with an infectious, shimmering energy. InchDark Side,Inch the lead single, earned praise from Stereogum, who likened it's energy to early Bloc Party, highlighting Chadwick Johnson's vocal Inchburly intensityInch over a hook that's Inchclean and big.Inch InchAll The WayInch channels anthemic dance-punk and widescreen indie, with a stadium-sized energy driven by a pounding 4/4 pulse and angular guit

Originally released on a one of a kind acetate (there were 2, the other had a different tracklist), these recordings were hammered to death and in terrible shape. Wild, never to be re-pressed run of 350 copies.

One of the most critically acclaimed and cherished rock records in Sweden was the debut album from Freedom, the Stockholm band that managed to sound full-fledged and complete at once with their sunny working-class rock.Among the band's biggest fans are The Hellacopters, who handpicked Freedom to play at their party in April 2022.The reference points are many (Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are just two of the many names that usually come up), but no one else sounds like Freedom.