Brother's Keeper - Because We Care... tape

Brother's Keeper from Eria, PA was a band that people seemed to either love or hate, primarily due to singer Mike Ski's high-pitched vocals. Personally, I loved and still love BK, great band, both live and on record. Bass-player EMS, who also does Surprise Attack Records and the awesome, but now dead, Coregasm blog and now plays in a band I recommend checking out if you haven't already called Smoke & Mirrors, posted the Brother's Keeper discography a few years ago here. It was hosted on the now defunct Megaupload, so the download links don't work anymore. But here's a cassette tape that wasn't included in that discography... This was a tape that was released as a benefit for an Erie, PA based animal help group called 'Because We Care'. The Surprise Attack Records discography page states there were 500 of these, all hand-numbered, with additional inserts and all. My copy however doesn't have either and the leaflet's also different from the picture on that page. It is a pro-printed tape tho and the leaflet's printed, not photocopied or anything, so I have no idea what's up with that. Possibly a second run to raise some more money for Because We Care? Either way, this tape has a 4-song live recording, recorded at the Pickle Patch in Goleta, CA on July 7, 1998, when BK were touring with Boy Sets Fire. Not the best quality sound-wise, but great stuff nonetheless as far as I'm concerned. I ripped each side of the tape as 1 MP3, so there's 2 songs per MP3. Unfortunately the tape cuts off right near the end of 'The Continuum', nothing I can do about that. But still... enjoy!!

Brother's Keeper - Because We Care... tape