Can't Close My Eyes

by Youth of Today

Overview

New York City's hardcore scene in the early-'80s was a dangerous, drug-infested one. Leading lights like Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags were wild and powerful, but lacked the positive outlook of the Washington D.C. Dischord Records scene or that of Reno's Seven Seconds. This 1985 EP, originally released on Seven Seconds's Positive Force Records, was a potent opening shot from Connecticut transplant Ray Cappo's dynamic Youth of Today. The music tempers the metallic ferocity of New York hardcore with speed and subtle melodicism, and the moral outrage of songs like "Take a Stand" and "Can't Close My Eyes" is impossible to ignore.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/1997
Label:	Revelation Records
UPC:	0098796006214

Tracks

1. Expectations
2. Crucial Times
3. I Have Faith
4. Youth of Today
5. Take a Stand
6. Positive Outlook
7. Can't Close My Eyes
8. We Just Might
9. Youth Crew
10. Take a Stand
11. Stabbed in the Back
12. We Just Might
13. Wake up and Live
14. Standing Hard

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Youth of Today   Primary Artist
Darren Pesce   Drums
Jordan ?   Chant

Technical Credits

Kevin Seconds   Producer
Don Fury   Remixing
Ray Cappo   Composer
Youth of Today   Group,Producer
Tom Bejgrowicz   Cover Art Concept
Ratboy   Composer
John "Porcell" Porcelly   Composer
Jordan Cooper   Photography