Friday, 14 February 2020

Harrison Bergeron

"Come back and make up a goodbye at least, let's pretend we had one." Would the year be complete without a reminder of your inconsolable loneliness? Absolutely not, thus we end up back here on Valentine's Day with another lonely hearts club band. Since 2013, this dismal day has been spent with the screamiest of bands and Sunshine-iest of quotes to pour all your empty sorrows into. It's a day to reflect on the absolute nothingness that has continued to fester since all of this got started. This year's saddition is Harrion Bergeron, which I have sorely neglected in posting thus far, but thankfully "Darkness Washed Over The Dude" was meant to be this year's sadgasm anthem. I'll also include all previous entries in the comments if rock bottom wasn't low enough.


Harrison Bergeron were a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania screamo/emo band that were around from 2005 to 2006. They played a blend of classic screamo in the vein of Saetia and Neil Perry, with a hint of midwestern emo, making them semi-comparable to Make Me. They later went all-out in the emo vein, with members of Harrison Bergeron later playing in seminal bands Street Smart Cyclist and Boy Problems. Thought they never received tons of attention, their sole EP Dead Bergeron has been consistently passed around the webs of the internet, never letting it die out, and for good reason. This is a collection of fantastic tracks full of raw, unhinged goodness. I'm not even sure if it was ever officially released, but thankfully it's emerged more intact than your shattered heart, and meant to be played at full volume on this despised day. Just remember, things won't get better. Don't enjoy.

1. Undead and Undone/To The Basement
2. Instrumental
3. Like Lightning, Six Billion Strong
4. Darkness Washed Over The Dude
5. Kick It To The Curb
6. Speak On It

7 comments:

  1. The Saddest Landscape (2013):
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-saddest-landscape.html

    iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook (2014):
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.ca/2014/02/iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearb.html

    You And I (2015):
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.ca/2015/02/you-and-i.html

    Love Lost But Not Forgotten (2016):
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.ca/2016/02/love-lost-but-not-forgotten.html

    In Loving Memory (2017):
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.ca/2017/02/in-loving-memory.html

    Kite Flying Society (2018):
    https://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.com/2018/02/kite-flying-society.html

    The Khayembii Communiqué (2019)
    http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-khayembii-communique.html

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  2. The best blog ever!

    Greetings from Chile

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  3. Hey man, I'm not sure where it fits into their releases but I have this random split that Harrison did with some band called Disconnect. It has a few of the songs off Dead Bergeron just earlier versions + some other songs.

    https://thisendlessbreath.blogspot.com/2016/02/harrison-bergeron.html

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  4. IRRATIONAL-FEELINGS6 March 2020 at 20:03

    pretty fucking ferocious album.

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  5. I think the track listing for Dead Bergeron.
    https://myspace.com/hblv/music/album/dead-bergeron-7577466
    This myspace link has a different track order and doesn't include 'Instrumental' and 'Kick It to the Curb', which is likely from their cancelled split as it has a different vocalist.

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    1. I think the track listing for Dead Bergeron is wrong*

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