Food for Thought

by Gray Matter

Food for Thought cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: R&B Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:30
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Skeeter Thompson, Molly Burnham, Steve Niles, Ian MacKaye, Jon Kirschten, Amy Pickering, Geoff Turner, Mark Haggerty, Bert Queiroz, Dante Ferrando

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving during the fertile 'Revolution Summer' period within the Washington D.C. punk scene, this debut injects a vital dose of melodicism and introspection into traditional hardcore. 'Food for Thought' features driving rhythms paired with distinctly vulnerable, highly emotional vocal deliveries. The record cemented itself as an incredibly early, foundational document in the stylistic development of emotional hardcore.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, drugs, noisy, melodic, guitar-driven, dynamic, emotive, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Retrospect (2:08)
  2. Oscars Eye (2:52)
  3. Fill A Void (2:02)
  4. Give Me A Clue (3:15)
  5. Gray Matter (1:15)
  6. Caffeine Blues (3:36)
  7. Crisis And Compromise (2:04)
  8. Flash In Time (1:45)
  9. Phobias (1:31)
  10. I Am The Walrus (6:19)
  11. Phobias - Version (1:39)
  12. The Spy (0:59)

Credits

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