Tenement- Bruised Music Volume 1 LP.  TENEMENT began in 2006 with a series of loose demo recordings and singles that married the genres of "Pop" and "Punk" without being explicitly "Pop Punk" and to many, represented the power and urgency of Hardcore without actually conforming to the genre itself. These early recordings have been compiled here on "Bruised Music Volume One," which covers Tenement's output on record between the years 2006 to 2009. The care and detail with which this package is put together almost makes it seem like Tenement are long dead... however, my hunch is that they're really only just getting started. However, this release does feel like a eulogy for an era of the band that is largely over. These songs were scattered over a heap of 7"s and cassettes, and it's amazing how cohesive they sound together, and everything has been remastered to sound completely explosive as well as cohesive. My favorite part of this release, though, is the booklet, which collects little essays by band members as well as people from the scene who really liked the band. There probably aren't too many people out there with all of these individual releases, and if you're a big enough nerd to have tracked them all down then you'll probably want this to complete your collection.