Essential EP - The Hated - Like the Days 7"

There is a obvious relationship between this and my Three Shades of Dirty post. I can't help but love this late 80's/early 90's Annopolis punk. Its got so much soul and spirit behind it. The Hated used to be one of the harder bands to gather decent quality recordings of and there was such a demand from people to re-release this stuff Troubleman Records decided to take it upon itself to compile and re-master the original masters. Nothing came of it though.

Then more recently internet blog superhero Stormy from Blogged and Quartered claimed he stumbled across the masters on the internet and compiled them into three complete collections. That means our lucky day. This is one of my favorite all-time recordings. I see it as a good introduction to The Hated, the band that somehow got lost in time. Be sure to grab the complete discography from Blogged and Quartered if you like this. They deserve so much more for this beautiful music its a shame that a proper release never made it.

I would also like to draw specific attention to Damned Heart, which is the a-side of the second 7". It is truely one of my favorite songs of all time. This song is the main reason that I'm putting up this EP over the Everysong EP. That one is next.

In pristine quality, do enjoy


The Hated - Damned Heart
The Hated - Like the Days 2x7" EP

Lyrics to Damned Heart :

out of reach
in the days of our lives
feeling gravity pull them apart
many words fail to say what we feel
as if we can't feel
through the darkness we come from a far
into the light but no strength to perceive
many worlds have we seen: we've not tasted one
still we gather, though no fruit has fallen
contradiction is all that we see
soon we find out
where we
(because) all these lives they
are come freely gone

these confrontations take all I have not all I can give

 

- so good!