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Rating: Among the most unusual things to do today, wearing a Black Flag t-shirt while listening to "Seeing Red" on headphones during the wait at the barber ranks as number three, preceded only by a Third Reich-style mustache and contacting SIP technical support, followed closely by Sebastian Rambert posters glued to the bedroom walls and Hüsker Dü cover bands. Rainbow mohawks and Olympic tossing of a Nokia 3310 from the balcony fare better.
Despite that euphoric "one two three four" reminiscent of the Ramones at the album's entrance and the cover artwork wisely recalling Minor Threat, it might mislead someone, the actual broad source of inspiration for Face To Face is Bad Religion.
After gaining recognition in the late Eighties/early Nineties, playing in Southern California venues, between Inland Empire and Orange County, they were noticed by a guy from Dr. Strange Records, who offered them a contract for their first album. The band agreed, recorded the album in the fall of 1991, but the label struggled financially to release it. During this phase of stagnation, the band met Jim Goodwin, a sound engineer who offered to record three new songs for free, including "Disconnected," which the following year also ended up in "Don’t Turn Away."
The album's sound aligns with bands of the era like Millencolin, without ska-punk pauses for reflection. It's pointless to waste unnecessary server bytes with a track-by-track review of all 13 songs composing "Don’t Turn Away," but for those of you raised and matured with Californian melodic hardcore, pieces like “I Want” and “I’m not Afraid” will be redolent of memories and lost youth and will fill your heart.
The genesis of "Disconnected," the band's totem piece, starts from afar: one of the last recorded tracks, it was later edited into an alternative version to test the human capital of Face To Face and, given favorable radio airplays, Victory, the band's new label, obtained a re-recording that was included as a bonus track in the subsequent album "Big Choice." And it seems that even the third label unsuccessfully tried to demand a fourth version. It's the piece that always closes their performances, as was the case in their recent (second) appearance in Italy.
Put on your backpack, wear your trusty Vans, grab the skateboard, and reopen the dusty almanac of adolescence.
Tracklist and Lyrics
03 Disconnected (00:00)
You don't know a thing about me
Is there something that you should know?
I can tell you what you want to hear
Let your inhibitions just go
No you don't know what you will give up
You don't know what you want
It may take you years to find out
You don't know what you need
It's something that may never come to you
Trust is something that comes easy
Whan you've never been a victim
Lies and promises and words are said
It's you're decision to accept them
06 You've Got A Problem (00:00)
so what's the problem this time?
I thought you'd learn by now that nothing ever works out right
you want to take away the edge
you tell me it's the only thing that helps you forget
you've made your promises
that's not enough this time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind
you've got a problem with your life
you've got a problem with your mind
don't try to tell me that you think it's going to work out fine
so go ahead and try to hide
the world around you watches on as you destroy you life
do what your problem says
there's not a lot of time
there's only so much you can squander from a feeble mind
you've got a problem with your life
08 I'm Trying (00:00)
four year old at play
shot and killed today
never even had a chance
seventeen and high
threw away his life
has a gun to feel like he's a man
can't have it any other way
laying in the street
asking for a drink
doesn't have a place to live
pregnant at thirteen
still can hear the screams
something that she never will forget
can't have it any other way
I'm trying to open my mind
so you can keep your faith
and I'll just walk away
there's no reason for me to stay
I'm trying to open my mind
I'm trying to make up my mind
09 Pastel (00:00)
Another falls in place
You wonder in you're only human
It's blood, dust, and paste
We're held together by a single thread
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
What is it with this place?
Or is it that I'm missing something?
You want to see my face
When I can't even see it for myself
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
I don't want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
And I don't want to know how to play
Can't I make it just go away?
I don't want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
And I don't want to know how to play
Can't I make it just go away?
Don't you understand what these problems will demand?
Make it just go away
I dont' want a game that I don't know how to play
Just go away
Must be a reason for us to justify it
But no one will defy it
12 Do You Care? (00:00)
do you want to make a difference?
do you wonder what would happen if you don't?
do you need just a little push?
do you try to change?
do you THINK about the other guy?
do you want just one good reason why you should?
do you only think about yourself?
do you want to be left alone?
you're running out of time
and I don't see a change in you
and I don't think you're gonna make it
do you understand the way it works?
do you want to take as much as you can get?
do you need a little push?
do you try to change?
you're running out of time
and I don't see a change in you
and I don't think you're gonna make it
we're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
and I don't think were going to make it
we're running out of time and there aren't many changes made
and I don't think were going to make it
well, what do you think?
yeah, that's what I thought
13 1,000 X (00:00)
I've tried to ask the question
must be a million answers that just aren't there
you try to find yourself
I'll try to live my life
I just don't care
take a look at your life
tell me can you say you've done no wrong?
ask yourself the question
do you realize where you belong?
I've been down
I've been out
I've been there
I've been down this road a thousand times
nothing ever looks the same
it seems there's something more that I might never see
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