Sorry State
WOODSTOCK '99 - s/t 7"EP
Highly recommended.
Missed the edition of 100 copies? Now you have another chance.
"A year before they took over the world with their debut LP, Woodstock ‘99 self-released a four-song EP in a microscopic edition of 100 copies. Sorry State brings this title back into a print in a slightly larger edition with revised artwork and packaging. While these four tracks only hint at the psychedelic depths the band would plumb on Super Gremlin, their idiosyncrasies were already in full flower, whether it’s an odd lyrical preoccupation with fermentation and pickling, their way of stumbling nonchalantly between disparate punk styles, or their decision to reappropriate Poison Idea lyrics as an entry into the Great Chicken Sandwich Debates of the early 2020s. No one does cracked-up, half-digested punk and pop culture slurry like Woodstock 99, and these four tracks prove they had it dialed from the jump." - Sorry State
"WOODSTOCK ’99 is folks from Richmond, VA’s CEMENT SHOES, relocated to Cleveland to tear it up Midwest-style. If you were a fan of the previous combo, you won’t be disappointed, as this rotten apple don’t steer too far from the magnolia tree. It’s pure USHC with lovely slurry/screamy Darby-meets-Cookie Monster vocals." - MRR