Full Court Press — Live Set 4/4/08

As far as it goes, this is the only recording of Full Court Press other than our simple demo from half a year earlier. Well, there was the Summer Jamz EP we recorded with Daniel, but no one really knows where that ended up. Maybe it'll resurface in a few years, but I doubt it.

Anyway, I'm reasonably sure this was the Shin Kick tour-kickoff show, and as it was a special occasion, I had asked Mia to film it (she's a film major). It wasn't a wonderfully great show, but rewatching these videos, I'm pretty confident this was how most FCP sets went. Good crowd response, Jake dropping the mic to mosh, us forgetting which song was which, and just generally a lot of fun being had. Sound quality isn't perfect, but is actually surprisingly clear. These are also the only real evidence of our later songs, which were a little more varied and thought out. Plus there's a Vomit Up Blood cover. Pretty cool.

Big thanks to Mia for these.

Track Listing:

1. The Realness
2. Full Court Press
3. What We Had
4. Sick And Tired
5. Argyle Crew
6. "Pop-Punk Song"
7. xFallxDownxStairsx (Vomit Up Blood cover)
8. Broken Promises
9. Consumed
10. Left Behind (aka Mosh Song)
11. Warning

Full Court Press — Wreck Basketball Demo '07

The Full Court Press demo was recorded over a couple days at the MRC in the later part of 2007. It was a lot of fun, especially once all the naughty words were cut out due to the lyrics policy, leaving it sounding like some radio version of an MTV song. We went back in and patched up the vocals, and actually came out with a demo we were pretty proud of. Sure, the musicwriting is hackneyed and everything we ever wrote (other than The Realness) is on the same subject, but it was still a lot of fun. The recording quality on this is pretty good, and we spent a little while mixing it. Unfortunately, the files are really large, which I apologize for, but it's still pretty solid overall.

Full Court Press — Wreck Basketball Demo

Track Listing:

1. The Realness/FCP
2. Sick And Tired
3. Broken Promises
4. Warning

Band bio from the hardcopy zine:

Full Court Press: 2007-2008

Jake Schmitt — Vocals
Chris Becker — Guitar
Marley Grant — Bass
Jesse Uriss — Drums

Kind of a reaction to the streetpunk / 80's hardcore vibe going on in town, FCP formed to give a desperately needed modern 'core or youth crew touch to local music. Originally Noah and Jake were going to split vox, but Noah pulled out after a few months and left us stranded. We persevered though, and put out a 4-song demo of epic cruciality, and started bringing the mosh to DUST. It wasn't really that good or that inventive, but FCP formed a cult of personality, and people always sang along. Some of the most intense live shows this town has ever had were from us; The Realness personally ruined a few people's nights. There are some videos floating around on YouTube, if you care to look.

Anyway, we got around to recording another demo with Daniel at the end of the summer of Two-thousand and Hate, but that has mysteriously disappeared. We did, too, shortly thereafter, because Jake went off to college. However, one of our final shows, with Weekend Nachos at the Bridge, will forever define for me all that a Charlottesville show can be. If you were there, you know.

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