DESCENDENTS: Somery Vinyl LP

Before pop punk became a Hot Topic punchline, the Descendents were writing songs about coffee, girls, and existential dread with a precision that still embarrasses most bands working today. Milo Aukerman went off to study biochemistry and left behind a discography that needed a proper summary. Somery is that summary.

Released in 1991, this double LP pulls together the best of Milo Goes to College, I Don't Want to Grow Up, and Enjoy, which means you're getting "I'm Not A Loser", "Suburban Home", "Silly Girl", and somewhere north of thirty other songs that informed basically every melodic hardcore and pop punk band that followed. Fat Mike was paying attention. So was Mark Hoppus. This is where the blueprint lives.

A 2xLP reissue of the 1991 compilation. US pressing, punk rock, melodic hardcore. If you're building a serious alternative or punk vinyl collection, the gap where this should sit is embarrassing.

Fans of: Black Flag, Bad Religion, Husker Du