Useless ID Release ‘Most Useless Songs’ Compilation
There’s something inherently futile about creating “best of” albums, which feels more futile the longer a band has been together. How do you accurately capture a band’s evolution, what makes them special? Maybe you don’t overthink it and just look at a setlist. That’s kind of what Useless ID have done. The Israeli punks have been together since 1994, releasing eight full-lengths and a slew of EPs, singles, and compilations. That’s a staggering number of songs to pare down into some kind of “definitive” portrait of the band. “It was hard for us to narrow it down since we think there are a few more songs that could’ve been on the ‘best of. But we thought, ‘What if we released an album of the son...
