V/A - Suburban Annihalation (The California Hardcore Explosion From The City To The Beach: 1978-1983) 2xLP (Silver Black Marble/Clear Vinyl)

Label: Futurismo

2LP - Limited Edition ‘Concrete Beach’ Colour (Silver/Black Marble) + Clear. With Booklet featuring images of legendary punk photographer Edward Colver.

This aggressive collection draws from California’s rich history of punk, more specifically hardcore: a new sound that eschewed melody for intensity, a sound that took punk harder and faster, a sound intrinsically American. Whilst hardcore was also burning over on the East Coast, it was in California that it had ignited and sprawled, a sonic punch in the face that raged socio-political disdain and total abandonment for commercialism, fuelled by a crumbling American Dream and the collapse of family values.

Suburban Annihilation takes you from the major cities, to the coastal towns, to the SoCal suburbs, showcasing some the most important bands of the West Coast.

Though the music was designed to repel, this historical document has been lovingly designed to remind us that this genre created some of the most immediate and acutely-realised music ever produced.