7 Seconds “Walk Together E.P.” 1984/2023. Trust Records. Today, March 24th, is Kevin Seconds’ 63rd birthday (b. Kevin Marvelli, 1961).  This 7″ on black & yellow splatter vinyl is from the limited edition Trust Records Walk Together Rock Together reissue – I’ll write about that some other time, probably after we see 7 Seconds play at the end of May in Las Vegas. I’m not entirely sure why Trust decided to call this an E.P. as it’s just two songs (though maybe it’s because the artwork on the 7″ is the original cover for Walk Together, Rock Together). Both songs, produced by 7 Seconds and Ian MacKaye, originally appeared on the 1986 Pushead comp Cleanse the Bacteria along with other 80’s punk bands like Corrosion of Conformity, Septic Death and Enola Gay. Side A has “Regress No Way” which is fast-n-hard classic 7 Seconds socially aware punk decrying narrow-minded attitudes about people who don’t conform to the “norm” of 80’s society (ie the rampant anti-gay attitudes of the 80’s that still haven’t totally gone away). Side B is “We’re Gonna Fight” which is practically epic in length (over 3 minutes!), more mid-tempo (for punk); it’s also about fighting narrow-mindedness and oppression.