I've been trying to get this record in stock for years, but until now it had remained somewhat elusive. Not to be confused with the more well known metallic crust band from California that released stuff on Relapse, this Final Conflict came from Minneapolis and only managed to leave this one four-song 7" behind before disappearing in the early 80s. But what an Ep this is. Released in 1983 on Reflex Records, In The Family boasts a hideously crude cover that depicts a gang of red-eyed demons, short songs fueled on familial dysfunction and anti-social aggression, and a heavy nihilistic streak running through it. This is one ugly fuckin' hardcore record, dark and violent and rendered in a noisy low-fi assault of Midwestern thrash that was captured to tape by a young Bob Mould of Husker Du fame. It's the kind of early 80s psycho-core that I'm chronically obsessed with, a three-chord bash 'em up with a crazed front man whose guttural screaming is quite a bit harsher than yer typical suburban HC yowler, tinny buzzsaw guitars, trashcan drums flying at high speed. Ugly, but catchy; just check out the song "Your" for a primo example of catchy, skuzzy skull-damage. One of the more obscure 7"s to come out of the early 80s American hardcore underground, but one that fans of the weirder, more dissonant 80's hardcore of bands like Void, Die Kreuzen, Mecht Mensch and United Mutation will definitely dig. Recommended.