Portrait Of A Prisoner

by Sorex

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t0rqreturn2019 This is a neat find. Redondo Beach hardcore band Sorex released a demo, and the 'Portrait' 7", which I remember seeing ads for in MRR. Radio Raheem packaged both with some additional unreleased tracks. Cool to find here. The band had some good change of paces and enough groove to set them apart.

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1.	ANA 01:40	buy track
2.	Attack It 01:05	buy track
3.	How We Rock 02:39	buy track
4.	Blown Out 01:21	buy track
5.	Crips 01:15	buy track
6.	Driftwood 01:05	buy track
7.	Let Freedom Ring 01:10	buy track
8.	Never Forget 01:16	buy track
9.	Next In Line 00:49	buy track
10.	Lost 02:03	buy track
11.	Attack It 05:17	buy track
12.	How We Rock 02:45	buy track
13.	Ignite The Fury 01:14	buy track
14.	T.I. 02:35	buy track
15.	Time's Expired 01:40	buy track
16.	What Counts 02:54	buy track
17.	You 01:41	buy track
18.	Tell Me The Rules 02:48	buy track
19.	Freedom 01:20	buy track
20.	End Result 01:26	buy track

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Tracks 1-11: Never Forget Demo, 1984
Tracks 12-17: from unreleased LP session, 1985
Tracks 18-20: Portrait Of A Prisoner 7" EP, 1985

Hailing from Redondo Beach, California, Sorex released just a single 7” EP, containing three tracks of no-fi, snotty-yet-abrasive beach hardcore in a 200-copy micro pressing in 1985, and played a scant dozen or so shows up and down the California coast before fading into punk record collector obscurity.

Radio Raheem’s crack team of hardcore archaeologists have since managed to rescue Sorex’s elusive EP from the collector ghetto and tack on 17 additional tracks, culled from the band’s 1984 demo tape and sessions for a never-released 1985 LP.

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released March 17, 2017

Andy Nystrom - vocals
John Dieter - bass
John Hacker - Guitar (tracks 1-11)
Tom Cornejo - Guitar (tracks 12-20)
Dave Benson -drums

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Sorex Redondo Beach, California

Hardcore punk band from Redondo Beach, CA who in their brief existence recorded a demo tape, a 7" EP, and sessions for a never-realized LP.

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