Ten Boy Summer were a four-piece emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin that were briefly active around 1993. They only recorded one demo tape, which was never actually released. This is with the exception of one track ("History Of Blank Pages"), which appeared on the A Food Not Bombs Benefit LP compilation that came out in 1994. Thankfully, the full demo has been made available in the internet age by MKEPunk.com, so full credit for this goes there. Now, not to be dismissive of this band or recording, but a major reason that its legacy is intact is due to the inclusion of one particular member, which is none other than guitarist Davey von Bohlen. As you probably figured, this was the band he was in immediately before joining Cap'n Jazz, and later fronted The Promise Ring, two bands that have cemented their legacy as top tier in the emosphere.
To take it back to this demo, the recording quality on this isn't great, but certainly listenable. It's a lot more raw and visceral than those aforementioned projects, as it veers into screamo territory at its crescendos, with shrieked, distorted vocals and melancholic octave chord attacks. For its more melodic parts, it stays in the sort of proto-midwest emo lane that bands such as Greyhouse, Current, and Admiral were also in. Overall this just makes for a very cool document, as it fits into the lineage of the band with the most prolific offshoots in the history of the genre. Enjoy.
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