1993-1997

Northern Spy reissues the first three records by Cleveland, Ohio, post-hardcore band Craw in a limited-edition 3xCD, 6 panel digipak set, 1993-1997. All out of print for two decades or more, these full-lengths - 1993's self-titled debut, 1994's Lost Nation Road and 1997's Map, Monitor, Surge - complete a story that concluded on Bodies for Strontium 90, released in 2002 by Hydra Head Records. Thanks to the passion of writer and musician Hank Shteamer, who served as project organizer for the set and funded it through Kickstarter, Craw's music finally receives the reissue it deserves. We hope that 1993-1997 will spur a reexamination of the band's place in the lineage of aggressive, challenging, radically unorthodox underground rock and metal.