ESTROGEN HIGHS “Unfortunate Chronology Volume 1” (Elm Recordings)

 

*Puff, puff, pant, pant, wheeeeze*

[Out of breath:] Hi everybody, sorry I’m late for this funeral – it was an absolute nightmare on the beltway. We were at a dead stop for about a half hour. Who knows what the cause was. Anyway, thanks to Brother Roy for delivering the eulogy. He did a great job, didn’t he? There’s nothing punker than releasing an entire discography after your band has broken up, and Estrogen Highs, those Connecticut scamps, have surely done us all a solid by releasing this 2-tape set. And how punk was it that we’ve discussed Volume 2 first? It was totally planned.

Actually, totally a lie. I just got lazy and Roy beat me to it. But isn’t that punk in some way too?

Well, here’s Volume 1, and now you can complete your set. Or you can’t, because only 50 copies were made, and they’re all gone. But if Roy is right, the upstarts over at Night People might release it again. Wouldn’t that be just super neat?

Now, if you’ll open your hymnals, I’ll lead you in some… Hey, where’s everybody going?

Elm Recordings

--Ryan Masteller

ESTROGEN HIGHS “Unfortunate Chronology Volume 2” (Self Released)

For this piece I’ve decided to write a eulogy instead of a review.

Here lies Estrogen Highs. They were a band. A forward thinking punk band from Connecticut that liked to mix things up. Now they’re not a band anymore. Those who knew them will weep. They will feel a loss, as the following which was built was not accidental. Yet to the silent majority who had no idea they existed, life will continue on without knowing anything has changed. Funny how that works.

Very little was left behind to commemorate Estrogen Highs brief time on earth. Unfortunate Chronology Volume 2 is the sequel to the aptly named Unfortunate Chronology Volume 1. The two tape set is made up of outtakes, covers, live cuts, and oddities. Only 50 copies were made and they already have sold out. No digital uploads exist. Rumor has it Night People will be reissuing them at some point so look out for that.  

-- Roy Blumenfeld