{"product_id":"pain-of-mind","title":"Pain Of Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePain of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e marks the inception of one of the weirdest and most powerful bands there ever was as they begin their odyssey through the sonic landscape: 33 years, 13 albums and counting. These gritty punk songs bear little resemblance to what \u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e would become, but the future was written here, and if you listen closely to these kids - barely out of high school at the time, you can hear their early influences: The guitars and existential anguish of Amebix and Rudimentary Peni, the passionate politics of Crass, the heaviness of Sabbath - and here, too, they lay the foundation for some of their enduring concerns: the pursuit of transcendence, and contemplation on the downward suck of despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cstrong\u003eIan MacKaye\u003c\/strong\u003e coyly suggests in the East Bay Punk doc Turn It Around, there are “a lot of holes to fall into” growing up in the Bay Area. In 1987 \u003cstrong\u003eDave Edwardson\u003c\/strong\u003e was 18, \u003cstrong\u003eScott Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e was 19, \u003cstrong\u003eJason Roeder\u003c\/strong\u003e was 16, \u003cstrong\u003eChad Salter\u003c\/strong\u003e, the band elder, was 21, and they had already fallen into many of them, including, of course, the great abyss of depression. Only a teenager could write the punk anthems “Black,” “Grey,” “Life on Your Knees,” and of course the title track, “Pain of Mind.” They are songs of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003ePain of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e sunk their claws into the hearts and minds of the East Bay scene like no one else. They were fucking dark, gazing right into the abyss and refusing to turn away. The cacophony of vocals on \u003cem\u003ePain of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eScott\u003c\/strong\u003e’s unhinged screams, and \u003cstrong\u003eDave\u003c\/strong\u003e’s guttural growl, suggested a familiar sort of internal mania: like the voices in an unquiet mind, paranoid, but for all the right reasons. And \u003cstrong\u003eJason Story\u003c\/strong\u003e’s original cover art perfectly captures that torment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e shows in the \u003cem\u003ePain of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e era were like nothing else. The pit was wild; people rolled around on the floor, climbed the walls, threw themselves off the stage. Watching \u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e play felt like a seizure that reset your brainwaves: shock treatment, an exorcism. For a few days after a show, you always felt real mellow. \u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e reminded us that maybe we weren’t free, but at least we were locked up together. It sounds melodramatic, but \u003cstrong\u003eNeurosis\u003c\/strong\u003e might have saved our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLP - Very Limited White Vinyl. New artwork by Josh Graham. Remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering.\u003cbr\u003e\nLP+ - 180 Gram Black Vinyl. New artwork by Josh Graham. Remastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neurot","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50471562314059,"sku":"1035334","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471562576203,"sku":"1035333","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471562740043,"sku":"1050250","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a872dba7-34e0-47e0-aa98-635b7e18bfbf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727407951","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/pain-of-mind","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}