In on the Kill taker | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Dischord Records – dis70V
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress
Country:    US
Released:    2016
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Punk, Post Rock, Hardcore, Experimental

A1        Facet Squared    2:42
A2        Public Witness Program    2:04
A3        Returning The Screw    3:13
A4        Smallpox Champion    4:01
A5        Rend It    3:48
A6        23 Beats Off    6:41
B1        Sweet And Low    3:36
B2        Cassavetes    2:30
B3        Great Cop    1:52
B4        Walken's Syndrome    3:18
B5        Instrument    3:43
B6        Last Chance For A Slow Dance    4:38

Recorded At – Inner Ear Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Chicago Mastering Service
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Cover [Cover Mechanic] – Jason Farrell
Engineer – Don Zientara
Graphics [Graphics Assemblage], Design Concept [Graphic Concept] – Jem Cohen
Lacquer Cut By [Recut For Vinyl By] – Bob Weston*
Performer [Fugazi Is] – Brendan Canty, Guy Picciotto, Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally
Photography By [Band Photo] – The Spectra System
Producer – Fugazi, Ted Niceley
Remastered By – Chad Clark
Text By [Texts Supplied By] – Jem Cohen, Jeremy Blake (2)
Original Release 1993.

Recorded at Inner Ear Studios 12.92
Remastered - 2004
Recut for vinyl at Chicago Mastering Services - 2009
Includes coupon for free MP3 download of album.
© 1993,2016 dis70v made in the u.s.a.

Printed inner sleeve.

Track durations not listed on release.
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): DIS 70 V - A [CMS logo]BW 090203 SNAKE EYES, NIXONS, SCOUTS, WALNUTS, THE MIME, BOXCARS ⓤ☆
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): DIS 70 V - B [CMS logo]BW 090203 THE CHERRY DID IT! (GIVE HIM A SLASH!) ⓤ☆
Barcode (Scanned): 718751797017

Fugazi: Ian Mackaye, Guy Picciotto (vocals, guitars), Joe Lally (bass), Brendan Canty (drums). Recorded at Inner Ear Studios, Virginia in December 1992. In on the Kill Taker is like scrubbing your face with steel wool. It finds the band relying on rusty guitar shards that scrape, seethe, and hiss, further removing itself from the sound of 13 Songs and Repeater. Harsh and grating, Fugazi surprisingly produces sheer noise at times, best witnessed in the lengthy closing of "23 Beats Off" and the unintentional Gremlins homage that opens "Walken's Syndrome." Joe Lally's bass and Brendan Canty's drums are relegated to acting as a guide; they're pushed -- but not squashed -- down in the mix, allowing for Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto's guitars to take control, corrosively so. It's probably Fugazi's least digestible record from front to back, but each track has its own attractive qualities, even if not immediately perceptible. "Facet Squared" and "Public Witness Program" open the record furiously, but the majority of the following "Return the Screw" is hardly audible, aside from occasional vocal tantrums. A good amount of time is spent alternating between low-key guitar noodling and intrusive bursts of aggression. They're smart with their sequencing, placing the gentle instrumental "Sweet and Low" (the only track where Lally plays a prominent role) after the exhaustive cacophony of "23 Beats Off," and generally piecing together a set of rather diverse tracks that flows well. Picciotto's anti-Hollywood rant on the properly titled "Cassavetes" is a classic Fugazi moment, as is his similarly name-dropping "Walken's Syndrome." Buried at the end of the record are two excellent lurchers, MacKaye's "Instrument" and Picciotto's "Last Chance for a Slow Dance." Not Fugazi's finest hour, but one of its most daring and rewarding. ~ Andy Kellman

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: LP
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: PUNK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 6/30/1993