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Active Minds - The Age of Mass Distraction LP (SPHC​-​87)

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1.
The Seeker 06:43
2.
Complete and Utter Indifference 04:01
3.
Climate Sceptics 01:04
4.
Over to You, Genius 01:16
5.
The Triumph of the Till 03:04
6.
Swimming Against the Tide 02:47
7.
Wouldn't It Be Better to Just Ignore These Fools? 03:27
8.
Corporate Dream 01:29
9.
Side by Side 00:20
10.
The Midas Touch 00:54
11.
I Don't Want to Follow You on Twitter 02:10
12.
No Need to Mourn the Death of the Empire 00:40
13.
How Much Did Your Face Cost? 02:59
14.
It's Not Rocket Science 01:45
15.
The True Theory of Relativity 03:49

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(SPHC-87)
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Sometimes I reflect on the bands I think are "the best ever", the bands with tons of hits over sizable discographies. Gauze, Forward, Leatherface, Marked Men, to name a few. And one characteristic they all share is that, even if some records are clearly better than others, every record has at least a few songs that register as "one of their best songs". Sure, we all know Mush is the best Leatherface album, but don't fool yourself into believing Dog Disco doesn't pull its own weight, with smashers like "Hoodlum", "Diddly Squat", and "Heart Is Home" that can go toe-to-toe with any competing track from Mush.

Active Minds is one of "the best ever", for me. They have a ton of hits over a sizable discography, and this 6th LP is no different. Tracks like "Complete and Utter Indifference", "Wouldn't It Be Better to Just Ignore These Fools?", and "How Much Did Your Face Cost?" rank as some of the best in their deep catalog. They are, like their above peers, a band with awe-inspiring consistency.

In 6 LPs over 30 years, Active Minds has refined their style to a fine-tuned, tightly-balanced mixture of many of the things we love about punk here at SPHC. Two guys with an intensely deep knowledge of punk music (can't have record collections that large without picking up a thing or two) that bring melody and catchy under the same umbrella as thrash and speed, knowing when to write memorable sing-a-longs and when to write short/fast/loud ragers, strip it all down to the bare sonic minimums, and use it to channel some of the most thoughtful and blunt political lyrics this side of Crass. Perfect.

It's a great honor to play a role in this newest chapter in Active Minds. Look out for them in Brazil this fall and USA this winter, details to come.

co-released with Loony Tunes Records (UK), Maloka Records (France), Muerte A Tipo Records (Spain), Wahnfried Records (Germany)
released in 2017
1500 copies in 1 pressing
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(digital download available straight from the band: activeminds1.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-mass-distraction )

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released September 5, 2017

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