5. The Faith/VoidThe Faith/Void
Obviously the Void side is amazing. I do think the Faith side is good, it’s just that it’s unfortunate that it was paired with Void. Because the Void side is like… I mean it doesn’t sound like any other hardcore record ever made.
I was listening to this just before we started talking. It was the one record on the list that I haven’t listened to in a while and it just sounds completely mental. Also the fact it was something very unusual for (label) Dischord at the time. I do really like Dischord but a lot of the stuff occupies a very particular zone within hardcore. Void is totally unique within that catalogue, I think. The Faith side is good. It’s good hardcore. Whenever I put that side on I’m surprised at how aggro it sounds. But obviously the Void side is so utterly singular and bizarre it just completely takes over the show. I would say this definitely made me think about what hardcore could do. And it made me very aware of how boring and safe a lot of the hardcore bands I was seeing at the time were.
