TEMPLARS (The),: Reconquista Volume I Vinyl LP

Oi punk from New York sounds like a contradiction until you hear The Templars, at which point it makes complete sense. From the early 90s they were doing something specific: boot-hard street punk with a studied knowledge of both the British Oi tradition and the harder edges of American hardcore. Nobody else was quite doing it the same way.

Reconquista Volume I compiles the band's recordings from 1993 to 1998, the period where they were building a reputation entirely through word of mouth and seven inches in the right hands. This is the document of a band who understood the politics and the aesthetics of punk as a culture, not just a sound, and played it with conviction. If you collect alternative vinyl with genuine subculture weight behind it, this sits in serious company. Essential for the punk and Oi collectors who care about history.

Vinyl LP. Original release 2020. US origin.

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