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Drawing influences from Mouthpiece, Chain of Strength, Hands Tied and Turning Point, STRIP THE THREADS from the Netherlands set the quality standard for European youthcrew hardcore at the beginning of the Y2K decade. Bandmembers were and went in numerous bands, such as Reaching Forward, Abusive Action, Product X, One Day Closer, Killtraitors and Know Your Enemy. They obviously knew how to bring fast and catchy classic straight edge hardcore, including the necessary drumrolls, pickslides, youthcrew-vocals and midtempo dramaparts. An EP was announced, but was never recorded and therefore leaving a huge and fanatic fanbase with only a demotape. NOT JUST WORDS records begged to release that demo as a 7" for years and years, but in the end the band came with something better: all demo songs were recently re-recorded at the famous Bunt Studio, adding new accents to the songs and even leaving us with two brand new songs.
It always seems that the best records take ages to get released. The long awaited Strip the Threads 8 song EP is no exception to that, but the good news is that there's a song online (called 'this belief'), check it at the Not Just Words records myspace page. Or click here to visit the Strip the Threads myspace page. An EP is now scheduled for early 2010.
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