Agent Orange - Living In Darkness

This afternoon we are visiting with some more So Cal punk and the very welcome reissue of this 1981 Californian skate-punk classic. Agent Orange was formed in 1979 by Mike Palm (guitar/vocals), Steve Soto (bass) and Scott Miller (drums), but by the time they came to record debut album Living in Darkness, Soto had been replaced by James Levesque and the trio had signed with Posh Boy Records. For this edition, we have added the four extra tracks from the sessions that didn’t make it onto the original release: “Pipeline,” “Breakdown”, “Mr Moto,” and their most famous song “Bloodstains”, the original version which gave them their record deal, but not the unrelated bonus tracks from compilations, etc., that appeared on the 1992 CD release. Less music for your money, but it makes for a more satisfying listening experience as the three tracks fit perfectly without negating the album’s deliberately short and punchy running time.