Wish were a post-hardcore/emo band from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. They are probably best known for being the band of Pushbutton Warfare vocalist/Withstand guitarist Justin Markou. They released two demos and a split with Focust before morphing into the more straightforwardly hardcore band Outlet.
I once described this demo to a friend as if Jawbreaker had been from the forests of the Berkshires and reared on consistent violence. It has a tough, obviously hc bite to it, but it's also shockingly melodic and, dare I say, emo. It's kind ahead of its time, especially for the region; I feel like most of the stuff like this, that sort of predates what we'd come to know as pop punk, was happening on the other side of the country. Regardless, this is a really good slab of what is obviously some kids from a shitty nowhere town (much love Pittsfield, shoutout Harrison) who loved both punk and 70's rock (hell, the last song is a Grateful Dead cover, lol) jamming out in a garage and putting out a product that, if you're a nerd, holds up pretty damn well and has a metric shit ton amount of charm.
As alluded to before, Justin from this band went on to be in a number of amazing WMHC bands, many of which will get posted on this blog at some point. Really, all 3 members of this band were in some fantastic hardcore bands. Anyways, if you fuck with punk/hardcore that leans melodic, check this out.
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