Comments on: BRAILLE PARTY- Welcome to Maryland LP (Fountain of Youth, USA, 1984)

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:06:00 +0000

Steve Albini

By: Lars von Keitz

Lars von Keitz — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:41:13 +0000

I was a friend of Lou and I loved Braille Party. Lou was so nice, I miss him. I lost my vinyl records from DC years ago. It would be nice to get the music back again.

By: Julian Hudson

Julian Hudson — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:09 +0000

Man, my past is coming back with a vengence! Just discovered this spot. I used to hang with BP. Was good friends with Lou and went to most of their shows and practices!
Great to hear the props to the album, etc. Too bad noone really noticed then. They had their fans though. It was all getting too cool around then and BP just didn’t fit in. Too much vanity and the scene(s) broke apart.
My heart is still broken over Lou’s death after all these years. Would love to connect with you Matt, wherever you are! I’m on Facebook now (finally I guess) and connecting with Maryland again.
Cheers to bold and creative bands and great people.

By: Eric Gurtner

Eric Gurtner — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:08:59 +0000

I have this LP and I completely agree that they are incredibly awesome…

Ahh, the obscure wonders of the DC post hardcore scene..

By: mobtown999

mobtown999 — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:44:32 +0000

Absolutely THE MOST underrated DC rock album of the 1980′s. Braille Party’s shows where often far better than anything a studio can record, but the combination of the anarchic Matt and the mercurial Lou onstage created a tension that sometimes blew up and sometimes blew out. In contrast to the careful, ritualistic HardCore of Dischord bands at the time, Braille Party offered a fun, yet thoughtful, journey through music and yourself. Velvet Underground, indeed.

By: elliott

elliott — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:12 +0000

i’m into hc and dude i did. and i loved it. i like the first song mor some reason but the album is just great.

By: What's the Truth?

What's the Truth? — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:23:55 +0000

I had downloaded this before, and listened to part of it, and then switched to something else because it didn’t really hit me (I suppose I wasn’t in the right mood,) but I played this again today and it was incredible and hit me hard. That guitar sound, combined with the harmonies and songwriting…this is excellent stuff. Are there any other bands that sound anything like this (I get the feeling this is relatively unique?)

I also enjoyed the first song…Actually that’s what piqued my interest when it came on, and it just got better from there.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:41:56 +0000

I have to thank my daughter for finding this site ( she keeps me alive with new music somewhat like Matt used too when we played together). Miss you Matt. Tried to locate you several times to say hello but couldn’t get any response. Glad you’re not dead (makes a lot harder to talk to you). I’m still living in Md.(Calvert Co.)and working to support Kathy and my girls(Jen and Melanie).I still listen to BP on my computer and on disc. I wish the second album had come out, although I had a friend of mine try to aquire the tracks from Derrick and he would’nt let go of them. Want to shout out to Drew, who posted here, glad to see you’re still out there. I don’t play music at this point in my life, but it still is a driving force in what I listen to. I can still play but, whew am I out of practice. Interesting that you ended up in Raliegh as I have a nephew who lives there. I’ll send a message to your website later. I’m at renfew12@comcast.net. Holla!

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:21:14 +0000

Hi Matt, I’m Gerry Rolfe’s daughter. Quite funny that I came across this page. I have Welcome to Maryland on my computer and I was searching to see if the album art was online and, well, here I am!

Dad is doing well. We are currently living in Calvert County, MD. He still loves music and jamming out, but unfortunately he has not played the drums in quite some time (had to sell his set when I was pretty young, didn’t have a lot of money at the time). I’ve tried to get him to play Rock Band (I figured he’d be good at it) but he gets pissed off at the drum pad because it’s “not natural” lol Anywho, thought I’d give you that little bit of info. If I can get your e-mail address I’ll have him drop you a line (or maybe I’ll just get him to post on this site in the morning). Good to hear your music is still appreciated. I know I always liked it… even though I was a little biased

By: matt

matt — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:51:15 +0000

Hi everyone. Hi Sandy!!

I wish I had known the widespread depth of appreciation that existed for BP at the time of BP!

Anyway, just thanks for saying such nice things, all of you.

matt (braille party)