RITES OF SPRING: Rites Of Spring (End on End) Vinyl LP

Before there was post-hardcore as a genre tag, there was Rites of Spring, a band from Washington D.C. who burned so bright they only lasted two years, left behind one self-titled record and a handful of recordings, then became the blueprint for everything emotionally literate in punk that came after. Guy Picciotto screaming his guts out over melodic chaos. Ian MacKaye producing. Dischord Records. You know the lineage.

End on End collects the complete Rites of Spring recordings, their 1985 self-titled LP and the subsequent demo and live material, all on one black vinyl LP. This is the record that connects the dots between hardcore and what eventually became emo before that word got complicated. If you want to understand where dark, earnest punk came from, this is the source text. Essential for anyone who thinks Fugazi, Embrace, or Minor Threat were just the warm-up acts.

Black vinyl LP. Released via Dischord Records. US pressing.

Fans of: Fugazi, Embrace, Nation of Ulysses, early 90s D.C. hardcore