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THE VECTORS - STILL ILL LP (BHR23)
Our second LP STILL ILL has been released by Busted Heads Records. November 2003.
It was recorded at Second Home Studios in Umeå Punk City and produced by David Sandström.
All copies come with a 4-page lyric booklet. See Busted Heads Records for list of distros.
Wasted Sounds carries all Busted Heads releases.

  • Don't Need Nothing
  • We Are The New Plague
  • Damage
  • Blitz And Glitz
  • You're Dead
  • You're A Joke
  • Cut Off Your Ears

  • Shootin Out Your Lights
  • I Ain't Yours
  • Spit On You
  • Everyone's Against Me
  • Kill
  • Enter Armageddon
  • REWIEWS OF THE NEW LP:
    The Vectors "Still ill" LP
    Sick… These Swedes rip out some serious rockin' punk shit. Some heart felt Undertones-like choruses all mixed up with a cleanly demo tape sounding guitar and bass and great late 70's Adverts drum like stuff makes this the best! If you are punk, buy this! I would like to eat up Panty Raid, the Pagans and Peaches and barf this back up. Thank you.
    - MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL #249, 2004

    VECTORS Still ill LP [Busted Heads]
    It would have been a fucking shame if these tracks would have gone unreleased. The recording was missing somewhere for years until Busted Heads got hold of it and pressed these 13 tracks on wax that sounds like it's straight from the early eighties. The Vectors have a serious black flag groove going on with sometimes the vocalist sounding a lot like Jello Biafra. And even with this obvious influence blast from the past this threesome manages to sound original. The recording is really snotty and textured with an ''80's filter'' - I wouldn't be surprised if someone heard this and thought it's some old worn out vinyl found from the antiques. 13 tracks of snotty punkrock n roll with a hardcore shift on from time to time. Just grab a six pack and put on the Vectors and wreck some shit!
    written by fubar 6/21/2004
    - TRASH AND BURN, JUNE 2004

    The Vectors ''Still Ill'' LP
    7/10 - [Busted Heads]
    I don't know the story behind this record, but apparently it was recorded four years ago and finally ended up in the hands of the mighty Busted Heads for release. These Swedes play dirty fuckin' straight up hardcore/punk with a little rock thrown in there as well. It definitely sounds like it could've been at home in the early- to mid-80's here in the US, specifically on the west coast. It's sort of catchy and memorable, but it's got a shitload of attitude as well as some aggression that never goes too far. They sound very little like either of these bands to me, but I can hear bits and pieces from anything from Black Flag to the Dead Kennedys in here. And then you've got your total fucking ragers like ''You're a Joke'' that kick up the intensity factor big time and bring in some UK types of influences. Awesome. Most of the songs hover right around two minutes or less, so they blow through without a hitch. The production is raw, but that's how it almost needs to be to fit the music, and they do it right, so it sounds intentionally so, rather than coming off as shoddy or something like that. It's got that dated sort of grittiness to it, but the mix is pretty even and there's no real lack of density or anything like that. The drums are really sort of distant, the bass is back there, the guitars have a lot of crazy distortion going on, etc. It gets my approval. I assume the layout here is similar to the sleeve of the LP (this is a CD-R promo copy), though I would guess that the LP might have a lyrics insert and such. The artwork is all simple and to the point. The lyrics are pissed off with plenty of attitude and that's basically how it goes: ''Line up and fight like there's no tomorrow, It doesn't matter if we end up dead, Together we can do some real damage, And we don't care about your damn age…'' If you like your hardcore/punk true to form and miss the good ol' days then this fucker's for you. They have a god damn song called ''Kill'', what more reason do you need!?
    Running time - 22:02, Tracks: 13
    [Notable tracks: Blitz & Glitz, You're a Joke, Everyone's Against Me, Kill]
    - AVERSION, FEB 2004

    THE VECTORS Still Ill LP
    (Busted Heads)
    Snotty, dirty, streetwise, cheeky punkrock in the same vein as, or mix of, Swedish Randy and American The Strap-ons with some good old harDCcore thrown in. It's very catchy and raw at the same time and I can see why Mr. 138 would wanna go with this - it's got attitude! This recording is 4 years old and I'm glad someone finally got it together and released this as it's nothing you wanna miss out on if you're up for the great mix of old and new that makes for a hell of a obnoxious punk record. 13 in your face tracks in 22 minutes, just as it's supposed to be. Just listen to tracks like ''Shootin' out your lights'', ''Enter Armageddon'' and ''You're Dead'' and ''Everyone's Against Me''.
    [Krogh]
    - ATTACK! FANZINE, DEC 2003

    The Vectors ''Still ill'' LP
    At fuckin last! After hearing the mix for their second album two years ago i´ve really looked forward to this piece, and it just as i remember it. It´s 13 tracks of punkrock in it's rawest, purest and energic form coming from sweden. I really listened trough this to find anything to complain about, and just can't find anything. It's just a brilliant as their first album and their singles, it's a three chord war raging on. Totally on the top of punkrock. New tracks like ''kill'' and ''damage'', ''blitz & glitz'' is just fuckin wonderful and i found myself just fuckin dancing around in a craze listening to this. If you don't get this one for yourself for christmas present you are not my friend.
    - PISSED AND PROUD, NOV 2003

    The Vectors "Still ill" LP:
    THE VECTORS are playing some quick, vigorous as well as powerful and remarkable, punky old school hardcore with high-quality, catchy as fuck singing parts. These 13 tracks run between 47 seconds and 2:42 minutes – there’s no need to panic since only 3 songs are longer than 2 minutes!! –, so you know THE VECTORS don’t fuck around! If you love, just like me, one alcohol driven hymn after the other, you cannot go wrong with this pearl!! [Busted Heads Records – http://www.bustedheads.com –]
    - WARPRAYER #114, 2004

    THE VECTORS - STILL ILL
    Sweden's The Vectors were featured in issue #2 of Take On Your Heroes, so I am already a fan. I was thrilled to open my mailbox and see this promo CDR waiting to be thrown on the stereo and played way too loud.

    The Vectors play punk the old fashioned way: loud, snotty and confrontational. A good way to describe them is the rawer batch of '77 UK punk (Satan's Rats, Bleach Boys, The Users) mixed with a hardcore sense of brevity and fire (think the FU's and The Freeze).

    The CD charges right out of the gates with 29 hyperspeed seconds of ''Damage'' and doesn't let up one iota until the record is over, 22 minutes later. Although this is a compilation of sorts, this works great as a whole album, using the Ramones school of set 'em up and knock 'em down as the band zips through 13 pogo inducing blasts of belligerent, restless punk rock. What the Vectors may lack in originality, they more than compensate with personality and sheer abandon, attacking their instruments with a raw energy that simply levels everything in it's path.

    In these days of metalcore, crossover, jazzcore, dance punk, emocore, punk-pop, etc, it's refreshing to hear a good, straight forward, gob on a hippy, shitty sounding punk rock record played with energy, verve and a bad attitude. Fun for the whole family!
    Busted Heads Records, Rating: 7 of 10
    - TAKE ON YOUR HEROES #4, 2004

    The Vectors "Still ill" LP
    Den här inspelningen har tydligen 4 år på nacken och är det första jag hört med the Vectors. Jag hade en föreställning om hur de skulle låta och jag måste säga att den oborstade punkrockattacken som Umeåligan levererar inte är långt borta från hur det lät i min fantasi. Melodisk, kaxig, ösig punkrock med rötterna i snorig engelsk sjuttiopunk och tidig amerikansk hardcore, är vad The Vectors handlar om och de gör det jävligt bra. Det låter gammalt och hederligt, och det är ett stort nöje att lyssna igenom de 13 spåren. Det känns jävligt onödigt att analysera sönder den här skivan när det räcker för mig att säga att det här är skitgött punkrockmangel. Två fingrar i luften, spottloskor, trasiga glasflaskor, tjata brallor och öppen-mun-rock. Finfina grejer
    - DOOMSDAY, FEB 2004

    The Vectors "Still ill" LP
    3/5
    I fyra år låg tydligen denna inspelning och samlade damm. Diverse bolagsstrul hette visst anledningen. I slutet av förra året lyckades det numera Stockholmsstationerade bolaget Busted Heads komma över mastertapen och tätt inpå såg "Still ill" dagsljuset för första gången. The Vectors består av tre personer från Umeå som spelar stökig treackordspunkrock. Deras mix av bland annat Black Flag, Dead Kennedys och New Bomb Turks får mig verkligen att röra på sidofläsket. Nog för att en speltid på drygt 25 minuter kan kännas en aning snålt tilltaget, så räcker det alldeles utmärkt i det här fallet. Problemet är bara att man blir sugen på mer. Gillar ni stökig och catchig punk så bör ni givetvis kolla upp detta släpp. Själv har jag redan valt ut fyra låtar till min bland-cd som jag ska plocka med till sommarens kommande festivaler.
    Vi syns fulla i gyttjehögen grabbar!
    - SLAVESTATE MAGAZINE, 2004

    The Vectors "Still ill" LP
    Fem år efter den självbetitlade albumdebuten, utgiven på New Lifeshark Records, är Umeås smutsigaste punkpatrask tillbaka med en ny skiva. Trion spottar ur sig tretton treackordshits som har lika mycket att göra med det sena sjuttiotalets brittiska punkrock som tidig amerikansk hardcore. Jag gillar gruppens osnutna attityd och David Sandströms (ex-Refused) skitiga produktion doftar cigarettfimp, folköl och otvättad jeansjacka. "Still ill" är ett skönt alternativ till den könlösa metalcore som hemsöker hardcorescenen idag.
    - CLOSE-UP MAGAZINE #63, DEC 2003

    The Vectors "Still ill" LP
    Här kommer lite ölindränkt, fartfyllt punkslammer i den gamla skolan. Umeåtrion The Vectors har genom Busted Heads försorg fått ut sin andra LP "still ill". På 22 internsiva minuter skyndar de sig igenom 13 låtar. The Vectors kan sin punk och har attityd så det räcker och blir över. En titt på diskografin förtydligar: bandets första singel hette "Fuck MTV", den andra "Rape the pope.". Ni fattar.
    Daniel Axelsson
    - GROOVE #1, 2004

    THE VECTORS – „Still ill" LP
    [Busted Heads Records, Box 275, 901 06 Umea, Schweden – –]
    Obwohl ich den Namen THE VECTORS noch nie im Leben gehörrt habe, sind Busted Heads Records nach zahlreichen Verörffentlichungen mittlerweile bekannt wie ein bunter Hund, und da die noch nie eine auch nur ansatzweise schwächliche Scheibe verörffentlicht haben, konnten THE VECTORS ebenfalls nicht schlecht sein. Natürlich kam es wieder wie es kommen musste und so rocken THE VECTORS volle Kanne mit flott vorgetragenem, gleichermaßen energischen, powervollen als auch eingängigen, mächtig punkigen old-school Hardcore, der durch die guten, catchy as fuck Gesänge exzellent in Szene gesetzt wird. Diese dreizehn tollen Tracks werden zwischen 47 Sekunden und 2:42 Minuten – keine Panik, nur drei Songs überschreiten die zweifelhafte Zweiminutengrenze! – feilgeboten, von daher ist klar, dass sich die drei Schweden nicht mit irgendwelchem unnötigen Mist abgeben! Kein Scheiß, hier reiht sich Hit an Hit, also wenn du ultimativ saufkompatible Festlieder im entkrampften Eineinhalbminutentakt so sehr magst wie ich, ist dieser Longplayer geradezu für dich gemacht!!
    - EYE WITHESS #57, 2004

    The Vectors - Still Ill
    In past, they released "Fuck Mtv" ep (cool! nice title!!). This is their album and this band ex E.T.A member participation. Their sound is not fast thrash hc, not Swedish hc. I feel it's garage R&R sound meets ushc!! Very exciting!!!
    - DOLL MAGAZINE, 2004

    VECTORS-STILL ILL(CD)(LP)(BUSTED HEADS)
    This is a LP which comes out in november but I got this one on CD now already. It was a long time since I heard Vectors now but they have kept their sound and they´re almost better than ever. They play fast, precisly as I like, and it´s sounding really simple and I got the feeling that The Vectors could have been in the start of punk in 1977. Because it´s a little bit of the same soundquality over their music and it feels like if Vectors plays music which they really love and those things I´m really weak for. When you play music because you like it and you don´t give a daman about all things you must do. Tought attitude musically and The Vectors sails up as a personal favoruite right now.(EIGHT) 29/9-04
    - SKRUTT, 2003

    You can download some quick 24000 Hz mono versions of three of the songs if you click on the sounds logo on the menu bar. There are additional mp3's available on Vitaminic and Busted Heads.

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