Orange County's A//Solution channeled the U.K. crustcore sound with inspired passion. The EP feels the most traditional...I hear Antisect and early Hellbastard, with an attempt at Deviated Instinct's "Rock N Roll Conformity" style of production. The CD though has always remained my fave. I jokingly refer to it as the "Janes Addiction of crust" because it has such an impressively melodic backbone of melancholic alt-rock (even extending to some capable singing between the shouts). It was the Gen-X era, everyone decided to be bi, burnouts, and romanticized nihilists (more than usual), so one could argue that fad of monetized mass pessimism added some component to the CD's feel (don't trip, the musculature still flexes it's stenchy bladder). It's really it's own beautiful thing though, with a professional organic production that captured the band's soul flawlessly. There needs to be a serious campaign to get the CD onto LP, I really think it deserves that. 
A//Solution - "Butterfly" 7" 1989 & "Things To Come" CD 1992/95
Orange County's A//Solution channeled the U.K. crustcore sound with inspired passion. The EP feels the most traditional...I hear Antisect and early Hellbastard, with an attempt at Deviated Instinct's "Rock N Roll Conformity" style of production. The CD though has always remained my fave. I jokingly refer to it as the "Janes Addiction of crust" because it has such an impressively melodic backbone of melancholic alt-rock (even extending to some capable singing between the shouts). It was the Gen-X era, everyone decided to be bi, burnouts, and romanticized nihilists (more than usual), so one could argue that fad of monetized mass pessimism added some component to the CD's feel (don't trip, the musculature still flexes it's stenchy bladder). It's really it's own beautiful thing though, with a professional organic production that captured the band's soul flawlessly. There needs to be a serious campaign to get the CD onto LP, I really think it deserves that. 