Name: Disease Is Relative
Brand: Spike in Vain

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SCAT70

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Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

753417007017

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Spike in Vain

Genre GB

Punk / Hardcore

Label GB

Scat

Scat Records is an independent record label that was founded in January 1989 by Robert Griffin, a member of the band Prisonshake. Originally based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label later moved to St. Louis, Missouri before returning to its roots in Cleveland as of November 2022. With a rich history spanning over three decades, Scat Records has established itself as a prominent player in the music industry.

Known for its diverse roster of talented artists and performers, Scat Records has consistently delivered groundbreaking music across various genres. The label's catalog boasts an impressive collection of releases that showcase the unique and innovative sounds of *Prisonshake* and other notable acts.

With each release carefully curated and meticulously produced, Scat Records continues to push boundaries and challenge conventional norms within the music scene. As an independent label with a strong DIY ethos, it remains committed to supporting emerging talent while also nurturing long-standing relationships with established artists.

Originally released in January of 1984, Disease Is Relative is an unapologetic and wholesale embrace of death, disease, and dystopia, with liberal doses of absurdism and an unrelenting devotion to anything unexpected, chromatic, or evil sounding. Sporting influences as diverse as no wave, death rock, funk, post-punk, hardcore, metal, and prog rock, this music somehow happened in the midst of a first wave hardcore scene, before there was a 'post-' to be 'post' of. Less surprising is that this happened in Cleveland, which also inspired a desire to recreate the feeling of the city's post-industrial desolation in sound. There's also some epic screaming and crazy guitar playing. The album features three songwriters (brothers Andrew and Chris Marec, Robert Griffin), who also divide guitar, bass, and vocals equally between themselves here. Drummer Bruce Allen is the secret weapon, and provides a clue to what a young Bill Bruford might have done in a band like this. And yet, beyond all odds, the end result is cohesive, cathartic, and utterly idiomatic. The distinct vibe of the album, and its sheer quantity of killer riffs, songs and performances have made it an album that people have championed over time, while others have come to know it through the interwebs as a result.

Disease Is Relative

Music GB

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