Hankshaw were an emo pop band from Florida, and probably best remembered in the emo scene for their lead vocalist. Many an emo band has sung about suicide and self-harm, but off the top of my head I can't think of any that have done it quite so angelically as on album opener "Joined in the Sky." Hankshaw may sing that every day they wish you harm, but they don't really sound like they mean it. They were an emo band, but a band on the more approachable side of the genre, catchy and, dare I say it, almost radio friendly. Prior to being Hankshaw, they were a pop punk band called Lazy Susan. Nothing Personal was their debut as Hankshaw, not counting a demo compilation track, and it's their strongest work.
The Nothing Personal LP was followed by the Every Day I Wish You Harm EP and a second, self-titled EP and 7", though the 7" is also known as Maple. Four years later, the band would self-release their second LP, featuring an out-of-left-field hard turn into full on psychedelic groove rock, taking themselves and that album well out of the purview of this blog.
As I write this, the band are only days away from releasing a remastered discography on Bandcamp, so this blog will end up serving as a repository for the original releases. I've also included a discography download for Lazy Susan.
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