Exit International Release 10th Anniversary Remaster Of Debut Album “Black Junk” On Vinyl

It’s September 17th 2011; the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Exit International‘s debut album, Black Junk, was released into the world. The critically acclaimed debut album turned 10 on September 17th of this year, and to celebrate their baby turning double figures, Exit International have released a remastered aedition of the album on limited edition 180gm coloured vinyl for the first time, also including three brand new, never heard before bonus tracks.

With their debut full length Exit International created an album that, a decade on, is still as shocking and hard-hitting now as it was 10 years ago. Recorded with Carl Bevan (60 FT Dolls) at his home in a 72 hour chemical haze, Black Junk demonstrates just that. In a sound spectrum of their own, the band unapologetically shuns the use of guitars yet packs a double onslaught of bass into every bar for maximum carnage. Coming in at just over 30 minutes, this short, sharp shock of an album is an intense whirlwind of pummelling staccato bass riffs, brutal, pounding drums and salacious lyrics.

“‘Black Junk’ still sounds to me as fresh as when we wrote and recorded it, we were not part of any scene and really doing our own thing. You can hear the absence of overthinking things. We wrote these songs really quickly – from what I recall it was on a rehearsal to rehearsal basis then gigging them to just tighten the performances. We spent 2/3 days in total tracking the songs with most of that time spent fixing broken studio gear with our producer Carl Bevan (Drummer of 60FT Dolls fame). Listening back reminds me how much we laughed and how fun that period was, with perfectly capturing that ridiculous lightning in a sonic bottle.  It really does capture the absurd aspects of our personalities as people. It’s a fantastic debut and I’m still so proud of it, and the doors it opened for us”. (bassist and vocalist Scott Lee Andrews)

Black Junk is now available on vinyl via Say Something Records