Insight – ‘Reflection’ [Album Review]

Infamy can be unkind to artists, languishing in obscurity in spite of the influence they wrought in their respective scenes. In Insight’s case, despite being a Salt Lake City straight-edge hardcore powerhouse that was active and widely respected during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, they never got to release an LP. Fortunately, that indignity has been corrected with this latest compilation album, Reflection. A collection of old singles, four new tracks, and unearthed live tracks, Reflection is a skilful melding of what made (and makes) Insight such good old-school hardcore. The sound production on older tracks has been masterfully improved. It’s a testament to the strength of their sound that Insight’s old tracks can still sound ‘new’ with this record, despite being over 30 years old. What’...

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