There are many reasons that, come the conclusion of writing and recording, bands often leave some of their best work off of the finished LPs. Pacing. Tone. Space on the vinyl. The fact that just because something’s a glistening nugget of metallic brilliance doesn’t mean it’ll necessarily be on message with the bigger picture. There’s an argument that the tantalising mystery of tracks that slipped between the cracks has been lost somewhat in the internet era. The ability to release anything you damn well fancy at the tap of a keypad, coupled with fans’ ever more ravenous appetite for content, means that those hard choices need to be made less often. Fortunately, though, it also means that those tracks that would’ve been otherwise lost, can be shared and rehabilitated, and sometim...
