***Portland circa late 2000’s: The Cysts churn out a couple of scathing 7”s and cassettes, manage to tour the west coast twice through a series of living rooms, storage units and the occasional venue and successfully controlled the chaos long enough to record a proper LP, but as happens all too often in punk, it ended up not making it to the press in that moment. Highly RIYL: Born Against or Hail Mary, and featuring members from other Portland staples such as Lithics and Alarmist (and a slew of solo noise discographies), ‘Turn It Up Or Throw It Away / S.I.S.T.S’ is indeed short, fast & loud, as put by Matt Korvette (Yellow Green Red), “An art-damaged, but also just damage-damaged, hardcore band rescued from the sands of time”. Editon of 100 copies, housed in foldover screen-printed covers. Co-released with Vile Bile.
LP $23.95
TBD