“We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida” Compilation Gets 41st Anniversary Vinyl Reissue

We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida, the classic hardcore punk compilation that put the Sunshine State on the international hardcore map in 1983, is being reissued for the first time in 41 years on limited edition expanded 10″ vinyl. Originally a 7″ EP, the reissue will feature a total of ten bonus tracks, many of them previously unheard, by each of the five bands on the initial release: Hated Youth (Tallahassee), Sector 4 (Tallahassee), Morbid Opera (Fort Lauderdale), Roach Motel (Gainesville) and Rat Cafeteria (Tampa).

The reissue is a joint release by Destroy Records and Panhandle Punk Productions and includes a run of 500 black copies and 100 on Florida sunshine colored vinyl. The 2024 edition also includes liner notes by Florida punk historian Bob Suren (Sound Idea / Burrito Records) and Jeff Hodapp (Roach Motel / Morbid Opera / Destroy Records). The records will be making their way into Florida-based independent record shops starting this weekend and will be available worldwide in the coming days via PukeNVomit, Total Punk and Rat Town Records.