The Zero Boys - Playback Is Hell (Vinyl)
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There was a time - call it Saturn returns, call it theearly '90s, call it the last gasp before the internet devouredeverything - when The Zero Boys found ourselves staring into adifferent kind of fire.We had grown out of our hardcore skin - not inrejection but in evolution. We were restless. Songs no longercame in bursts of pure speed; they twisted, expanded, askedquestions. Structure was no longer the enemy. We let the songsbreathe, and in return, they told us things we hadn't expected tohear. The songs collected here from 'Make It Stop' (1991) and 'TheHeimlich Maneuver' (1992) capture that moment.Recorded less than a year apart, these two albums aredocuments of a moment when we were following instinct -pushing the edges of our own sound, threading personalspiritual exploration through the fuzz and the fury. It wasn'treligious. It was searching. Trying to locate the self inside thenoise of the world. Trying to speak honestly about confusion,resistance, and the parts of ourselves that don't fit neatly intoslogans or genres.At the time, we knew we were changing, but we didn'tknow into what. Now, decades later, playback reveals somethingclearer. These songs - lyrically, musically, emotionally - feelmore urgent in the now than they did then. The politics haveaged well, which is both a triumph and a tragedy. What wewrote in a moment of creative combustion now sounds likewarning flares - about institutions, about violence, about thequiet need for meaning under it all.So yes, 'Playback is Hell.' But not the hell of torment. The hell offire. The hell of transformation. The heat of memory andmeaning suddenly rising again. Thanks for listening - then,now, and next.- Paul Mahern, 2025
2. Anatomically Incorrect
3. Birds
4. Twin
5. Stick My Hands
6. Fly Bite
7. Godless Girl
8. In the Back of My Mind
9. Purely Intentional
10. Shade
11. Green Army Jacket
12. Trust Anyone
13. So Excited
14. Parasite Man
15. Bleach Blanket Boi Oi Oi
Track List:
Disc: 1
1. Make It2. Anatomically Incorrect
3. Birds
4. Twin
5. Stick My Hands
6. Fly Bite
7. Godless Girl
8. In the Back of My Mind
9. Purely Intentional
10. Shade
11. Green Army Jacket
12. Trust Anyone
13. So Excited
14. Parasite Man
15. Bleach Blanket Boi Oi Oi
Record label: Secretly Canadian
Genre: Rock
Musical Artist: The Zero Boys
Format: Vinyl
Street Date: October 10, 2025
TCIN: 1005444248
UPC: 656605051215
Item Number (DPCI): 244-03-7723
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 1 inches length x 1 inches width x 1 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.5 pounds
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