Nail Worship podcast #2: Lincoln’s brutal emo
Joshua and Jason dissect the debut 7” from Lincoln — a band whose later releases would define emo for a decade but whose start was both heavy and melodic.
Heavy but not metal, melodic but not emo, this was a singular release by a band that would do a hard 180 within the next year and build their legend based on their posthumous releases on Art Monk Construction. But “Union” is an all-time great record and utterly confounding. We try to unpack what’s happening on this record, as well as talk about 90’s graphic design, Syracuse hardcore fliers and the strange connection that between this and Earth Crisis’ “Firestorm” 7" that came out at exactly the same moment as “Union”.
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Episode 2 dissects the debut 7” from Lincoln — a band whose later releases would define emo for a decade but whose start was both heavy and melodic.