Carry Out Time to Learn, Time to Die… Your Life is Gone Now!!! LP
It took a bit of digging to find out much about this one. From what I gather, CARRY OUT was prominent in the ’90s Barcelona hardcore scene, releasing two demos that are collected here along with a slew of previously unreleased material encompassing 32 tracks in total. CARRY OUT was very much a product of the time in which they existed, which is to say that they have a distinctive ’90s sound and delivery. They stab out in many directions, but the core of their identity is anchored in fast, somewhat crusty, dual-vocal hardcore punk. They don’t shy away from their influences, which are underlined by some of covers that show up by LOS CRUDOS, HIATUS, and NEGATIVE APPROACH. While those bands have stood the test of time, the same can’t really be said about CARRY OUT—I mean that as less of a jab than it may read. This record sent me on a nostalgia trip thinking of all the similar bands from when I was putting glue in my hair and stealing 40s from the grocery store as a misguided ’90s teenager. I just don’t see this resonating too far beyond the crowd that could’ve caught it the first time around.