Lync These Are Not Fall Colors Color Blend Vinyl Edition

When the grunge explosion of the early `90s elevated Seattle's flannel-clad misfits out of the diveyclubs of downtown and into the mainstream, a new generation of restless artists filled the void left inthe Pacific Northwest's underground music scene. The under-21 crowd making music in the wake ofNevermind seemed even less enamored with the slick production values, classic rock nods, andtestosterone-fueled moshing culture that came with the Zeitgeist, favoring their own kind of Revolution Summer-style pivot away from the popular sounds of the era towards a more emotionallynuanced, melodic, and inclusive style of punk. The Puget Sound trio Lync perfectly captured the spiritof that era, blending the passionate chaos of the DC and San Diego scenes with the rough-hewn DIYpop sensibilities of Olympia's thriving indie community into one unified sound. Though they wereonly a band for two years, they helped define the next era of the Northwest underground, inspiringcountless other artists and instigating the creation of beloved records from the region. After being outof print for over a decade, the band's sole LP These Are Not Fall Colors has been remastered andexpanded into a 2xLP with the inclusion of "Can't Tie Yet"_a compilation track from the album'srecording session_into a deluxe edition available courtesy of Suicide Squeeze Records.Originally released on K Records in the summer of '94 just a few months before the band called itquits, These Are Not Fall Colors is a boisterous collection of scrappy basement-show anthemsplayed on duct-taped-together gear. Led by the off-kilter melodies of late singer/guitarist SamJayne and hammered into place by the driving bass of James Bertram and drum battery of DavidSchneider, the album's eleven songs channel that undefinable sound of the early `90s beforedescriptors like "post-hardcore" and "emo" became pejorative terms. Sure, you get a sense of themore sophisticated mid-tempo punk approach on songs like "B" and "Silverspoon Glasses," and...