Trusty-Demo

DC-Jam

2009

The first thing I thought of when I saw saw this disc was oddly enough Spongebob Squarepants because it looked like the cover of the "Yellow Album". However, it's not a comedy album and I knew that I needed to be fair so I quickly opened up the booklet for this disc and was informed that Trusty hailed from Little Rock, Arkansas. They were around from the 1980's until their break up in 1996. This CD is their 1989 demo and includes eleven songs. Okay, that's the background information. The lowdown on this band is that they were really good and it's a shame I hadn't heard of them sooner. My first impression was that they sound like a cross between Minor Threat and the Descendents. They bring the egde of the former and the melodic approach of the latter. The two styles compliment one another as Trusty sure knew how to blend the sounds and squeeze the most of what they were attempting. The confidence was immediately obvious and this is the kind of straight-forward, no nonsense hardcore approach that I was able to appreciate right away. It was kind of odd remembering that twenty years ago a demo meant a cassette tape so that is the format that these recordings originally appeared on. Quite honestly for the time the production is everything it should be which means it's clear enough, but meaty as well. Considering what what was going on in the punk world in 1989 Trusty may have been a little behind the times as far as trends go, but they were also far more interesting than a lot of the music that was seen as punk at the time as well. So I am certainly glad that DC Jam records released it now so we can have a chance to check it out.