Don’t Turn Away by Face to Face

Don't Turn Away, the first album from Face to Face, came out in 1992 on Dr. Strange Records and was picked up for a reissue on Fat Wreck Chords a year later. The band came out of Victorville, California, formed in 1991 by frontman Trever Keith with Matt Riddle on bass and Rob Kurth on drums, and this is a lean, fast, melodic pop-punk record, all buzzsaw guitars and big sing-along choruses, that had people calling it a strong debut.

Its third track is the one that changed everything. "Disconnected" was re-cut for the follow-up, Big Choice, because A&M Records couldn't hear a single in it until Los Angeles station KROQ started playing it. That song became their radio hit, but this is where it was born.

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