7 Seconds - NEW WIND ( Madison 1986 )

Toured with Youth Of Today and Verbal Assault.
Great Singalong...
We could be the new wind - oh, oh!
We could be the new wind - Do you know, do you care?
We could be the new wind - oh, oh?
We could be the new wind - Will you try, will you dare?

The great irony of hardcore punk is that for a style that claims to be so fervently about breaking rules and fighting oppression, few music fans come down so hard on bands for stepping outside of the accepted stylistic norms as hardcore fans. For 1987's New Wind, 7 Seconds took a giant step away from hardcore orthodoxy, and paid the price in terms of the band's diminished standing in the hardcore community. The pointed thank-you to U2 in the album's credits was only the first warning sign, although the album sounds as if it was inspired more by the positive message of albums like War and The Unforgettable Fire than U2's actual music; these are not big rock anthems with one-chord guitar drones, but straight-up pop songs with hardcore roots, not really all that far from what bands like the Replacements or Soul Asylum were doing. (The downright bouncy "Tied Up in Rhythm" sounds a little like the Young Fresh Fellows!) The only real misstep is the botched closer, "Colour Blind Jam," a nearly eight-minute electronic dub experiment that's vaguely amusing for a couple of minutes and then supremely annoying. Other than that, New Wind is actually one of 7 Seconds' most underrated and appealing albums.
( Not my opinnion )!

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[DK7Seconds]

one of the best songs

[RoyMeBoy]

amazingggggggg

[00RONDOR00]

@00RONDOR00 . The show was at Turner Hall in Madison on 8/19/86. Also on the bill was Imminent Attack and Sacred Order.

[00RONDOR00]

I am not 100% sure, but I think the guy that gets on stage at 1:46 may have actually been me!

[CreepyFreakFilms]

SUCH A FUCKING PERFECT SONG

Kev has a fucking great voice

[mathison7]

Turner Hall?

[bedtimefordemocracy]

This is the only good song on the new wind CD the rest are all obscure and pretty terrible

[Jefferyrotten]

my favorite 7 sec album

[simonOVC]

my favorite 7 seconds song!!!!!!!!!

[vegansane]

write "seven seconds" without the word "Away"

found it here by gogle search.

just noticed: its also in the relation list. *blind* ^^

[polog450]

i'm searching for that song to.

when you know something about it pls tell-me