CAPITAL LOSS: The Disenchanted - How Can We Lose When We're So Sincere? (1998)

A band who needs no introduction, the Disenchanted were active from 1995 to 2000 and wrote a ridiculous amount of songs in that time (hence the LP file being split in two thanks to the limitations of my hosting site) and they were all snotty as hell. From what I could gather, being that they were a little before my time, they kept Albany punk in a time when the scene had largely gone hardcore which is a ballsy feat in of itself.

The Disenchanted reunion in 2013

I usually hate to use the term "street punk" because in most cases it is cause for immediate eyerolls and sighs, but this band is not one of those corny anthem bands that came on the heels of the growing popularity of the Casualties. I'd say they took more from the school of bands like Grimple, there is a noticeable Bay Area sound to some of the riffs on this release especially. I remember having a cassette dupe of this from a friend of a friend that warbled like it had been soaking in a garbage can somewhere, but hearing this shit in the year 2000 got me stoked that there was a local band that was leagues ahead of all the Punx Unite comps I sought out so fervently. This shit gave those bands a run for their money, and it was in my own backyard!