Black and White World – Demo

Black and White World
Demo
1989 (no label)

Paul
Dave
Rob
Burton

1. Raise Your Flag
2. Face of a Nation
3. SCOW
4. Reckless Boy
5. Lecture Hall

Finally – I have been looking for this one forever. While the longer 1990 6-song demo by Black and White World is rare, it is much easier to find than this one. This is BWW at their earliest and rawest – but they still have a good sense of their later alternative rock identity. In fact, this really isn’t too far off from the sound they became known for on their Blonde Vinyl releases. Seeing that this in a 1989 release, they are actually a bit ahead of their time with an alt-rock sound that didn’t really become that popular until the 90s. Most of these songs were not re-recorded later except for “SCOW,” which was renamed “Captain of the Scow” on their 1991 S/T Blonde Vinyl debut. Also, I used to refer to this as a 4-song demo, but it turns out there is a 5^th unlisted song at the end. It cuts out early but is still mostly a full length song where they sing about lecture halls, so that is what I called it. Overall, a short but classic rare demo from deep in the underground.