Black Flag - The First Four YearsThe First Four Years is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Black Flag. It was released in 1983 on SST Records. The compilation consists of all of the group's material released before Henry Rollins became the band's vocalist in 1981. It essentially collects the extended plays Nervous Breakdown (1979), Jealous Again (1980), Six Pack (1981), and the single "Louie Louie", with two tracks from various artists' compilation albums. Tracks

because of the way I write

Pheon Bear appears to be losing the will to live even as he shouts himself hoarse on ‘War Against War’

Cactused is the first of Mind Hive’s pop moments

via an ad in a Kansas City newspaper

On The Corner isn't one of Miles easiest records to listen to

The first of a lengthy re-issue campaign also available as limited edition double vinyl with different bonus tracks

The set exudes a sophisticated and intimate late-night vibe mostly featuring Bobbie alone with her guitar accompanied by a bass player

If you think hard or try to grasp it in any way then it just melts

flouting ‘commercial’ concerns in our streamingly short-attention-span era – and perhaps implicitly calling for a politics of slow consumption

Shibano’s playing resonates like Satie’s

the bones decoupled and spread out

Perhaps that came taking time off from the touring grind