Sunday 16 April 2023

Endpoint

Endpoint were a five-piece hardcore/emo band from Louisville, Kentucky that formed in 1987 and broke up in 1994, with reunion shows occurring in 2010. They were pretty prolific, releasing four full-lengths and a handful of other releases. Throughout their tenure, they clearly evolved, going from a fairly straight-forward hardcore punk to adopting melodic elements, angular rhythms, and slower tempos, which is why they're often cited as a precursor to midwest emo. There's a great article here that dives into their history more if you're interested. If you're new to this band, Catharsis is probably their best release, and a good starting point as it's a nice blend of their early and later sound. Enjoy.

1. Thought You Were
2. Mirrored Image
3. Dignity
4. Ignorance Downfall
5. Label Me
6. Wool
7. Final Stand
8. Way Back
9. Axis Crew
10. Face
11. Wrong
12. Stick Around
13. Wopner
14. Shattered Justice
15. Rungless Ladder
16. Religion Crisis
17. Exit
18. Blank
19. Promise
20. Priorities
21. Endpoint Outro
22. Stick Around
23. Ignorant Downfall
24. Invent A Law
25. Label Me
26. Death Watch

Note: CD reissue version from 1994, includes Sunspring split and early demo from 1988

1. Endpoint
2. Model
3. Face
4. Valerie
5. Fairweather
6. Rebirth
7. Final Stand
8. Way Back
9. Black Skies

1. Endpoint - Promise
2. Endpoint - Priorities
3. Sunspring - Don't Just Stand There
4. Sunspring - Silver Spring
5. Sunspring - Kendall

1. Iceberg
2. Stone
3. Guilty By Association

1. Caste
2. Remember
3. Iceberg
4. Promise
5. Inside
6. Stone
7. Days After
8. Guilty By Association
9. Maturity
10. Last Song

1. Building (Embrace cover)
2. Attitude (Misfits cover)
3. Circus Of Pain (Malignant Growth cover)
4. Persistent Vision (Rites of Spring cover)

1. Circumvent
2. 26 Seconds

1. Force Fed
2. Circumvent
3. Decision Maker
4. Keating
5. Beggar Song
6. Lowland
7. Passive
8. Witness
9. Dirge
10. Myth
11. After Taste
12. Survival Song

1. Chalk
2. Pencil Break
3. Strings
4. Mather's Point
5. Brown County

4 comments:

  1. Really loved Endpoint I have a Endpoint/Sunspring record where they cover Rick Springfield songs pretty fun mix tape track stuff. Keep doing what you do it is like going back in time.

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  2. Louisville is NOT the Midwest.

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  3. Thanks so much for sharing this. I fondly remember Endpoint and the burgeoning Kentucky scene. Great memories.

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  4. Every upload of In A Time Of Hate I've come across is missing Black Skies, this one included :(

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