90’s post hardcore collective Engine Kid has shared the previously unreleased track “Angel Dust,” as it will appear on their upcoming Record Store Day 6 x LP box set entitled Everything Left Inside with Southern Lord label. With a digital version already available via Bandcamp, the box set will become available for vinyl in the US on June 12 with additional versions available internationally arriving at a later date.
The Everything Left Inside box set includes other unreleased singles, as well as the “Novocaine/Astronaut” 12”, “Bear Catching Fish” 2xLP, “Angel Wings” 2xLP and “Split w/ Iceburn / Everything Left Inside” 12”, all of which are remastered and will include a descriptive 12-page booklet.
“Angel Dust” embodies the band’s ability to apply rock-type musical qualities to the gentle storytelling found in indie music. The electric guitar and drums are strong and intentional, with Anderson’s vocals possessing a sense of poignancy with a lower volume and free quality even in his yelled phrases.
Engine Kid features guitarist/vocalist Greg Anderson of Sunn O))), Goatsnake and Thorr’s Hammer. Anderson is also the owner of Southern Lord label. Created in 1991 in Seattle, the band’s original lineup included Anderson, drummer Chris Vandebrooke and bassist Art Behrman, all of whom had experience in hardcore/punk bands previously. Brian “Krafty” Kraft has since replaced Behrman on bass and Jade Devitt replaced Vandebrooke on the drums, the group delving into new sounds including punk, metal and even jazz.
The Everything Left Inside box set full tracklist:
Astronaut / Novocaine
1. Novocaine
2. 1/4 Mile Thunder
3. The Needle And The Damage Done
4. Little Drummer Boy
5. Astronaut
6. Treasure Chest
7. Furnace
Bear Catching Fish
1. Bear Catching Fish
2. Rockford Files
3. Treasure Chest
4. Cabin Fever
5. Quarter Mile Thunder
6. Bullfight
7. Mountain High
8. Winter Time
Angel Wings
1. Holes To Fight In
2. Windshield
3. Nailgun
4. Fanbelt
5. Anchor
6. Herbie Hancock
7. Expressionists
8. Jumper Cables
9 Stitches
10. A Quinn Martin Production
11. Angel Dust
12. Lies Like Knives
13. Olé
Split w/ Iceburn & Everything Left
1. Trailhead At Lake
2. Hiking The Circumference Of The Mountaintop Lake
3. The Shining Path
4. Insulate
6. Thigh with a Desolate Thorn
7. Breakdown
8. The Heater Sweats Nails
9. Husk