Ruin -He-Ho / Fiat Lux -SOUTHERN L LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
01. "ALTER"
02. "DIONYSIAN"
03. "FREEDOM HAS NO BOUNDS"
04. "BABY DOLL"
05. "HE-HO / LAUDIUM"
06. "ALARM"
07. "PHENOMENAL EXPRESSION"
08. "LOVE DOG"
09. "MASTER SONG"
10. "WHERE FORTUNE"
11. "PLAY WITH FIRE"
12. "TWILIGHT"
13. "PROOF R"
14. "RULE WORSHIPPER"
15. "MOUSE"

Disc 02
01. "YOU"
02. "MAKE BELIEVE"
03. "HERO"
04. "FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT"
05. "LIFE AFTER LIFE"
06. "PROOF"
07. "BY THE BY"
08. "CHINA"
09. "TASTER"
10. "WHITE RABBIT"
11. "RUIN"
12. "GREAT DIVIDE"
13. "REAL GOOD TIME"

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Heho / Fiat Lux by Ruin, released 20 January 2017, includes the following tracks: "Freedom Has No Bounds", "He Ho \ Laudium", "Phenominal Expression", "Master Song" and more. This version of Heho / Fiat Lux comes as a 2xLP. The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. Another vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. -

Double vinyl LP pressing. Southern Lord are extremely pleased to be reviving the music of Philadelphia's lost punk heroes, Ruin. Long considered a treasured local delicacy of the city's earlier hardcore scene, Ruin released two albums during their original run, 1984's He-Ho and 1986's Fiat Lux, both of which are combined for this release. Set against the backdrop of a city destroying itself in slow motion, Ruin were of a Philly generation that had to create it's own culture to push back against the despair and dead ends that they were confronted with. Their relative isolation is mirrored in the distance between Ruin's muscular, turbo-garage jams and the rest of US punk/HC at the time - the band got it across not through violent speed and mania, but with body-shaking chunks of simpler punk that refused to fit in with the wider template. Labelled from their early days as a Buddhist hardcore band (though not strictly the truth), Ruin are an object of intrigue that have rewarded the curious since 1982, but getting your hands on either out of print He-Ho or Fiat Lux has never been an easy task. A recorded output that totals 28 tracks (including a couple of significant Leonard Cohen covers that were praised by the artist himself) are available here including original scans of the detailed lyric sheets and inserts, as well as in depth retrospective notes that help to place Ruin in Philly and punk history.

Comes with black obi strip and 8 page 12"x12" booklet which contains extensive liner notes, lyrics, and previously unpublished photos. White vinyl limited to 200 copies.

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Manufacturer No.:

00104309

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