THE HATED. A group I've long been obsessed with since my youth, finally gets the Numero Treatment..which is a pleasant arrival. This is the first in a series of vinyl reissues , this one starts with the groups more "Punk" starts. For those unknown, The Hated were a key band in the Revolution Summer scene. Everyone is familiar with the Dischord Records groups of that era but my favorites were the Vermin Scum crew, Mainly The Hated and Moss Icon. To me those two bands perfectly bridged the gap of the mid 80's punk sound and the emo sound yet to come. This is an important collection. Buy It. 

This one’s been teased for awhile, decades even. The Hated box set was an idea before Numero was an idea. Today we’re pleased to announce the first of five planned Hated collections that we’ll be rolling out over the next several years. Up first is Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4, which compiles the Annapolis quartet’s earliest explorations into revolution summer emo. Spread across two LPs is the band’s 1985 debut cassette, the No More We Cry EP, and 14 period bonus tracks from these hardcore hooligans.  Andrew Gephardt and Ken Shipley provide lengthy essays on the band and scene, illustrated by dozens of photographs from the band’s archive. We’ve got 500 copies broken bone white wax on both, but not for long. The Hated on Numero… Never said it’d be like this, right?

1. Hey Mister
2. I Don’t Like You
3. Somewhere
4. Intro/Your Mind
5. Words Come Back
6. No Meaning
7. Hate Me
8. The Good Old Days
9. Touch It
10. Rubber Bullets
11. Your Mind (Soundcheck)
12. Crime - Fit Of Rage
13. Defender
14. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
15. Everything Is Going Wrong (Electricity Is On The Run)
16. Words Come Back (piano)
17. We Ain’t Free
18. Martyrs On The Reason
19. Hated Project
20. Waiting
21. Theme From Lotus
22. We Are The Cheese/FTW
23. Got A Gun