The Shape of Punk To Come is considered something of a late 90's hardcore classic in many circles due mostly to the experimentation the band showed on this record, something often lacking from the genre for better or for worse. The bands previous album Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent is pretty much a straight up hardcore album, while this album saw the use of electronics, stringed instruments, melodic passages, riffs not typical of hardcore and the songs were generally longer and mid tempo. This alienated some fans but seemed to gain them a lot more in the long term, many of whom were unfamiliar with the album until after the band had broken up.
This album has been repressed a few times since its original release but was pressed on a single LP and to be honest didn't sound great. I have a copy of the original press but wanted to get the 2 LP for the improved sound quality.
I haven't had a chance to listen to it but word on the street is that it sounds much better.
The copy I picked up was from the Euro Kings Road Merch store on white vinyl limited to 300, which I believe is the rarest variation. It also comes on blue out of 500 and black the numbers of which I'm sure are huge.
White /300
