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Albums Of The Year (Industry Folk): Billy Philhower (Too Far Gone Records)

LPs 1. State Lines - For the Boats   Their debut LP, Hoffman Manor, was so fantastic that I didn’t think their sophomore effort could come even close to matching it. Thankfully I was dead wrong. Album is far too good to be so unknown. Punky raw Long Island jams. I can’t really say too much more, you should be listening by now. For The Boats by State Lines 2. Old Gray - An Autobiography  Easily one of the more anticipated releases of the year in terms of emo/screamo stuff. Production quality is really top notch, emphasizing the screamed vocals as well as the driving drums and guitar. I think this album marks a further departure from the emo/mathy stuff found on their demo. One of the most solid bands in the genre and this album really shows off their strongest qualities.  An Autobiography by Old Gray 3. Our Sunday Affairs - Cave  Perhaps I’m slightly biased because of my close association with these album, but regardless this is one of...

Interview: Too Far Gone Records (July 18, 2013)

Label Profile Name: Too Far Gone Records Location: New Jersey/  Massachusetts   Founded: 2013 Contact Them:  Facebook ,  Bandcamp ,  Tumblr __________________________________________________________________ How did the label come about and what's the story so far? The label came about as a result of me wanting to become more involved with the music scene and deciding that, since I don't personally have musical talent, that a record label would be an endeavor that I would both enjoy and would hopefully contribute to the scene. I actually wrote a paper about the DIY music community for a class in my fall semester in which I interviewed two of my older friends that ran labels and asked them questions about how they started and such. Come mid spring semester I decided to just give it a go, thought up a name, set up an email, and things just took off from there. I was planning to only have a couple tape releases over this summer but I'm way pas...