{"product_id":"october_file","title":"October File","description":"\u003cp\u003eDie Kreuzen’s October File is the Milwaukee band’s second album, released in 1986 on Touch and Go, and it captures them in the middle of a transformation from breakneck Midwest hardcore into something darker, heavier, and more explicitly post‑punk\/metallic. The record runs 14 tracks in about 38 minutes, with the band stretching song lengths, slowing tempos, and leaning into dissonant, minor‑key riffs that owe as much to Killing Joke, early Voivod, and Black Sabbath as to their own feral debut. Dan Kubinski’s strangled, high‑pitched vocals and Brian Egeness’s jagged guitar tone remain instantly recognizable, but the rhythm section shifts from pure speed to a more deliberate, hammering churn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongs like “Man in the Trees,” “It’s Been So Long,” “Imagine a Light,” “Counting Cracks,” and “Among the Ruins” showcase this new approach: mid‑tempo, tension‑building structures, eerie chord voicings, and choruses that feel more like spirals than big sing‑along payoffs. At the same time, short, blast‑furnace tracks such as “Uncontrolled Passion,” “Hear and Feel,” and “Conditioned” retain some of the band’s original hardcore velocity, acting as compressed reminders of their “salad days” amid the slower, more oppressive material. Lyrically, the record moves away from abstract rage toward more cryptic, apocalyptic, and psychological imagery, which, combined with the denser arrangements, gives October File a claustrophobic, almost industrial atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Black\/Blue\/Clear Vinyl","offer_id":53425097507130,"sku":"37941","price":35.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-08_at_6.41.55_PM.jpeg?v=1780560015","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/october_file","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}