Don’t Mess with Hopeless

(Hopeless)
by Scott Hefflon

Cool slider discbox. Hopeless is usually kind enough to offer up some kinda cool packaging to complement the damn fine releases/samplers they release. While only 14 minutes long, this 6-track freebie offers up a cut apiece from six new releases on Sub City and Hopeless. And unlike a lot of punk labels (and many of the genre-bounded labels, actually), Hopeless has maintained a good eye/ear for snagging new talent as well as hanging onto their “classic” roster. So here it is, in simple red, white &, um, purple: one each from the Weakerthans, Dillinger Four, Against All Authority, Scared of Chaka, Digger, and The Queers. Free and worth every penny of it!
(PO Box 7495 Van Nuys, CA 91409)