End on End

by Rites of Spring

End on End cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Dischord
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:13
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Fellows, Michael Hampton, Brendan Canty, Eddie Janney, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Combining their legendary 1985 self-titled LP with a subsequent 7-inch EP and an unreleased track, 'End on End' is the complete discography of the band frequently credited with inventing 'emo'. Rites of Spring retained the blinding speed and aggression of Washington D.C. hardcore but drastically shifted the lyrical focus away from politics toward intense, poetic personal introspection. Frontman Guy Picciotto's raw, emotional delivery effectively permanently altered the trajectory of independent punk music.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Spring (02:09)
  2. Deeper Than Inside (02:17)
  3. For Want Of (03:10)
  4. Hain's Point (02:08)
  5. All There Is (02:54)
  6. Drink Deep (04:55)
  7. Other Way Around (04:00)
  8. Theme (02:20)
  9. By Design (02:38)
  10. Remainder (02:31)
  11. Persistent Vision (02:22)
  12. Nudes (02:47)
  13. End On End (07:37)
  14. All Through A Life (02:59)
  15. Hidden Wheel (02:29)
  16. In Silence/Words Away (03:00)
  17. Patience (01:57)

Credits

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