cold world is so corny and just sincerely weird dudes, but title fight is still so sick. they’re a super formative band for me. i wanna shout out siren records on some same-county shit but siren sucks, especially as a venue, and everyone knows it.
i remember exactly how i felt listening to floral green the first time. i still feel that way when that drum roll starts. i always wonder what would have happened if hyperview sounded like blacklisted like the songs they went into the studio with
Were you not a fan of Siren as a venue/record store even when it was on the 2nd floor on Main Street back in 2008? I played Siren after it had moved to across the County Theater on State Street, and it was definitely different, for sure.
I grew up in Bensalem, and we didn’t have much of a scene after the early 2000s - just before I started going to shows, we had Polanka Park, which so many rad bands had played. By the time I was in high school, there wasn’t shit going on and it was me and my one other friend or few who were the only kids who liked punk an its other subgenres.
That all being said, not having a record store in my sprawling-ass, gigantic shit town that was too big for itself, not having a Main Street, not having a music scene, had me just really excited to go to any show or be at any venue. So, I can’t really include myself in that “everyone” who knows it sucks. I don’t say this to be contrarian or condescending or to say you took things for granted - just saying why I’m not one of those people, and I genuinely ask what is up with Siren and what is it that you say everyone doesn’t like about it.