BYO Split Series Volume I

{{Infobox album|

| name = BYO Split Series Volume I

| type = studio

| artist = Leatherface and Hot Water Music

| cover = BYO Split Series Volume I cover.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = April 20, 1999

| recorded = March 5–23, 1999

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock

| length = {{Duration|m=33|s=12}}

| label = BYO (BYO 060)

| producer =

| chronology = BYO Split Series

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Volume II

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Leatherface

| type = studio

| prev_title = Discography Part Two

| prev_year = 1998

| title = BYO Split Series Volume I

| year = 1999

| next_title = Horsebox

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Hot Water Music

| type = studio

| prev_title = No Division

| prev_year = 1999

| title = BYO Split Series Volume I

| year = 1999

| next_title = A Flight and a Crash

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/byo-split-series-vol-1-mw0000666683 |title=Hot Water Music / Leatherface – BYO Split Series, Vol. 1 |publisher= |website=AllMusic |accessdate=October 29, 2013 |author=Jack Rabid}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=135}}

}}

BYO Split Series Volume I is an album by Leatherface and Hot Water Music, the first entry in the BYO Split Series.{{Cite web|url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/cd-reviews-45/|title=CD REVIEWS 45|date=July 2, 1999}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1450281/rancid-nofx-cover-each-other-for-split-release/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928114002/https://www.mtv.com/news/1450281/rancid-nofx-cover-each-other-for-split-release/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2021|title=Rancid, NOFX Cover Each Other For Split Release|website=MTV News}} It was released in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/gainesville-band-on-the-boil/Content?oid=2259307|title=Gainesville band on the boil|first=Randy|last=Matin|website=Orlando Weekly}}

Production

The bands recorded the album after a joint 1998 tour of America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leatherface-mn0000116087/biography|title=Leatherface | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} They embarked on a second joint tour, in 2000, to support the album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-09-10-0009090038-story.html|title=JUST ADD WATER|first=TYLER|last=GRAY|website=OrlandoSentinel.com}}

"Andy" is about former Leatherface bass player Andy Crighton, who had committed suicide before the band reformed.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called "Andy" "a blistering return," writing that Leatherface's half of the album "picks up where The Last left off, obliterating the five-year gap between studio recordings."{{cite web |title=Leatherface |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/leatherface/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=23 December 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Leatherface

| title1 = Andy

| writer1 =

| length1 = 3:26

| title2 = Eat Her Face

| writer2 =

| length2 = 2:01

| title3 = Wax Lyrical

| writer3 =

| length3 = 3:53

| title4 = Punch

| writer4 =

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Deep Green Beautiful Levelling

| writer5 =

| length5 = 3:39

| title6 = Gangparty

| writer6 =

| length6 = 3:48

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Hot Water Music

| title7 = Caught Up

| writer7 =

| length7 = 2:11

| title8 = Wrong and Righteous

| writer8 =

| length8 = 2:23

| title9 = Take It As It Comes

| writer9 =

| length9 = 1:54

| title10 = Dead End Streets

| writer10 =

| length10 = 2:51

| title11 = The Bitter End

| writer11 =

| length11 = 3:45

| total_length = 33:12

}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017090402/http://www.byorecords.com/index.php?page=one_band&aid=31 BYO Split Series Volume I] on BYO Records

Category:BYO Split Series

Category:1999 albums

Category:Hot Water Music albums