Split – Strength in Weakness: A Lame-O Records Split

Whoever said punks don’t care about other people was an asshole. Lame-O Records has a six way split entitled Strength In Weakness that brings together a wide variety of punk-pop players in Philadelphia to make cerebral palsy pay. All proceeds from the split will go towards United Cerebral Palsy–an organization dedicated to educating, advocating and supporting those with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.

Six Philly bands–Spraynard, The Weaks, Modern Baseball, Marietta, Hurry, and Beach Slang–created a new song for the split. Each single melds into the next wonderfully, though each comes from disparate places. Spraynard is jarring with “Haulin’ Oats” and its call to be a better man. The Weaks shred like Rivers Cuomo on “Call Me Away”–though its probably better than Weezer. Marietta‘s “Old Joe” is fantastic and perfect for a snowy night. Beach Slang holds down the final position with the eeire and melodic “Too Late To Die Young.” As varied as they are–one jumps from emo to thrash rock to fuzz pop in a few short tracks–each of the bands on this Lame-O split came together from a sole purpose–cerebral palsy sucks.

That’s what Strength in Weakness: A Lame-O Records Split is all about. Cerebral palsy isn’t going away any time soon, but maybe some punky, emo kids can stand up and make a difference in their scene. It has always been about community, hasn’t it?