...I dug this out of the collection earlier today and reminded myself how good this is. Released on the legendary Hätäapu Records out of Turku, Finland back in 1989, this remains a fantastic compilation, packed with some killer late 80s Finnish hardcore bands. Not an era most new kids focus their attention on, foolishly only looking at the early 80s classics instead. The 4 bands on here are some of those that helped the Finnish scene move into the then new decade, at a time when many other countries' scenes were floundering; Attanas (also did some great eps, though the 1st was limited to 300 only, the last two can both still easily be found cheap!), Sätkynukke, Perestroika and my absolute personal favorite Treblinka. The latter got the discography treatment recently on the very same Hätäapu Records and it's one album to definitely pick up, then hit yourself for not paying attention to them earlier. The label has actually been doing a string of great new records, reissues (Pyhäkoulu's Post Mortem) & other discographies (Mielenhäiriö & Mellakka) since re-surfacing in 2010, after a near 2 decade dry spell, so with a bit of luck this compilation lp will be one of the gemms of the past they'll make more widely available again to the punks.
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