Fall - s/t ep

In ninth grade I began to play drums with a group of kids from my high school and we called ourselves Fall.  I recently found the mp3s from our only 'studio' recording (the studio was a tiny, cramped basement in Pontiac) and I thought to myself, what the heck, I'll post it.  The production is raw, but we put everything we had to give into those songs and when I listen to them I can still remember how much fun the whole experience was.  We even got to open for such rockstar acts as NineShocksTerror, Twelve Tribes, FaceDownInShit, and Zegota, all of which I had to convince my parents to let me play.

Fall was a bizarre mix of metalcore, melodic emo, and crusty grindcore.  Bizarre, like I said, but for better or for worse we didn't really sound like anyone else.  I still think the first twenty seconds of the second track is super catchy and the vocal patterns through track three, titled 'Rust,' are very intense.  Track four is still my favorite song of ours.  If only I could remember its name.  And yes, that is acoustic guitar in the fifth track 'If Only I could Believe.'  We really liked In Flame's The Jester Race.

Perhaps our greatest moment was when we were disqualified from the Berkley High School battle of bands. After having his amp unplugged by the vice-principal due to kids 'moshing,' Glen asked her how would she like it if he unplugged her kid and the question didn't go over so well. So here is the self-titled Fall ep, which circulated in crusty kid circles from Detroit to Lansing and everywhere in between.

DL