North Carolina- when you think of hardcore and punk you may think of CORROSION of CONFORMITY or even DOUBLE NEGATIVE but not much else. This state is amazing for music because scenes form in clusters and build up and then unfortunately implode... so when the scene expands it is a really special and ephemeral experience. Between To Live a Lie and Sorry State we were able to capture a good cross section of the hardcore takeover of Raleigh a few years ago between ABUSE, LAST WORDS, THIEVES, DOUBLE NEGATIVE, CROSS LAWS, STRIPMINES, etc. That bubble burst and there is some exciting stuff forming in the ash of it here (SKEMATA, BLACKBALL, and NO LOVE).