Various Artists - From Far It All Seems Small: A Compilation From Seattle’s Underground LP
For some reason I always had an affinity for the Seattle scene, but never for what it was famous for in the 90’s, frankly my Nevermind is probably Are These Our Lives?. I’m happy to see that some of the people who made Northwest Hardcore so exciting for me are still at it (even though they branched off musically), and are delivering this awesome collection of songs showcasing the wonderful current alternative-rock landscape of the Emerald City. 14 bands offer one song each on this LP, among them SHOOK ONES, SUPERCRUSH, TV STAR, PRIM, VERSING, SUN SPOTS and more. I was familiar with about half of them, and to my surprise there’s not a single song I don’t think is awesome. It is quite a feat, and speaks highly of the state of the Seattle music scene in 2025. My favourite tracks come from KENNERO, SHINE, SUPERCRUSH and SUN SPOTS (what an opener!). I would place this comp somewhere between the Sarah Records compilations and Deep Elm’s Emo Diaries, except that these compilations focused on documentation rather than quality. Thankfully we got both here, and musically it all lives under the wide umbrella of alternative rock. We have some power-pop, some shoegaze, Indie-rock, psych-rock, with maybe SHOOK ONES being the only outlier with their tense and catchy Hardcore-Punk offering. I highly recommend this record to anyone interested in this kind of sound, you might very well find your new favourite Seattle band!
Released by KR Records, listen here: https://supercrush.bandcamp.com/album/from-far-it-all-seems-small
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