BOTCH – 061524 (Live Album) – 2LP – Transparent w/ Blue & Silver Splatter Vinyl

2LP – Indies Exclusive Limited Edition Transparent with Blue and Silver Splatter Vinyl in gatefold jacket, embossed front and back cover, two six-panel inserts, and a black mylar bag. Botchs final show recorded 22 years to the day after what was originally their final show and first live album 061502.

Influential hardcore innovators Botch have delivered their electrifying new live album 061524, recorded at the iconic Showbox in Seattle on June 15, 2024exactly 22 years to the day after their original farewell show at the same venue in 2002. 061524 captures a band still pushing sonic and emotional boundaries, now sharper, louder, and more dynamic than ever.

Botchs impact on aggressive music is undeniable. Their chaotic, math-laced brand of hardcore helped shape the genres landscape well after the bands abrupt breakup in 2002. For years, a reunion seemed unlikelyuntil a chain of unexpected events brought the original lineup back together for the bands first new recording in over 20 years: 2022s One Twenty Two. The song was released to critical acclaim, building into a frenzy of anticipation for Botch to reunite. What started as a nostalgic experiment quickly became a full-circle celebration, with the band reconnecting both personally and musically. That spark unleashed a wave of activity: secret warm-up shows, sold-out headlining gigs, and eventually a carefully curated international reunion tour, culminating in their hometown return at the Showboxwhere 061524 was recorded in front of a packed, exhilarated crowd.

061524 is a blistering, unflinching document of a band reawakenednot as a legacy act, but as a vital force. The album captures the energy, grit, and heart of a group thats not only older and wiserbut more rehearsed and way more ambitious. The performances are tight but still full of the raw unpredictability that defined their early years. Fan favorites like To Our Friends in the Great White North and Transitions from Persona to Object are more complex and invigorating than ever before. Other songs, like Afghamistam and Oma, never considered feasible to pull off live previously, are delivered with the intricacy and intensity that has earned the band a lasting legacy and fresh legion of followers.

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. To Our Friends in the Great White North
3. Mondrian Was a Liar
4. John Woo
5. Spaim
6. Japam
7. Framce
8. Oma
9. Thank God for Worker Bees
10. One Twenty Two
11. Vietmam
12. Transitions from Persona to Object
13. Huttons Great Heat Engine
14. Afghamistam
15. C. Thomas Howell as the Soul Man
16. St. Matthew Returns to the Womb