THE FIRST _toomuch HAS COME TOGETHER NOT BECAUSE THE LABEL WOULD BE IN A SPECIAL PHASE OF DOING COMPILATIONS NOW, IT HAS COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THE WORLD IS AS UNSTABLE AS THIS GENERATION HAS EVER SEEN. THIS IS A COMPILATION THAT STEMS OUT OF A NEED TO SPEAK UP. AND DO AT LEAST A LITTLE SOMETHING.

RUSSIANS SAY "БЕЗУМИЕ" WHEN REFERRING TO A SITUATION WHERE THEY DO NOT SEE THE LIGHT ANYMORE, "WITHOUT MIND-NESS" WOULD BE A LITERAL TRANSLATION BUT THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT IS PROBABLY SIMPLY "MADNESS".

SUCH HAS BECOME THE STATUS QUO OF EUROPE NOW SINCE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION HAS UNRAVELED ITSELF AS A RECKLESS AGGRESSOR AND BROUGHT WAR TO OUR DOORSTEP.

ART HAS NEVER REALLY - CONTRARY TO THE BELIEF OF MANY - BEEN “APOLITICAL”, YET NOW IT SIMPLY CAN NOT ALLOW ITSELF TO BE BY ANY MEANS. THERE’S NO STAYING NEUTRAL IN THE FACE OF VIOLENT EVIL. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

WE STAND FIRMLY WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE WHO CURRENTLY (AS OF THE MOMENTS THIS IS BEING WRITTEN) ARE FIGHTING OFF UNABASHED EVIL IN THE FORM OF A RUSSIAN MILITARY INVASION OF THEIR COUNTRY. HENCE – MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY – WE STAND AGAINST THE VERY NOTION OF WAR AS A SOLUTION TO... WELL... ANYTHING, REALLY. WE STAND AGAINST THE PARANOID POWER IN RUSSIA TODAY, AGAINST THEIR "AGAINSTISM" – THEIR MAD NEED TO USURP THEIR POWER THROUGH BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL AGGRESSION.

WE CAN'T DO MUCH BUT MUSIC. HERE IS THE FIRST COMPILED EDITION OF _TOO CONTEMPORARY TO RAISE WHAT FUNDS WE CAN TO DONATE TO THE RED CROSS OF UKRAINE. SOME OF THE MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ON OTHER RELEASES, SOME – SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR THIS EDITION. TWO PIECES HERE – THE MARY VERSION OF "GRINDING HALT" AND ELVI/DUNIAN VERSION OF "MIGLĀ" – ARE ESSENTIALLY THE REWORKING OF MUSIC BY THE BRITISH BAND THE CURE AND THE LATVIAN BAND IN EXILE – ALVA. THESE VERSIONS COULD BE CONSIDERED BOOTLEGGING IN A SENSE, BUT WE HOPE THE GREAT ARTISTS DO NOT MIND SINCE NO PROFIT BY THE LABEL OR THE REWORKERS WILL EVER BE MADE FROM THIS APART FROM THAT WHICH WE SHALL DONATE TO THE CAUSE. WE ALSO HOPE THE VERSIONS AVAILABLE HERE CELEBRATE THAT HISTORIC MUSIC WITH COMPREHENSIBLE DIGNITY, AS THEY CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT TO THEIR SOURCES.

MOREOVER – SHOULD YOU OR YOUR FRIENDS FEEL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION ELSEWHERE AND BY YOURSELF, IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN THIS EDITION FREE OF ANY CHARGE. JUST AS LONG AS YOU CONSIDER HELPING THE SOLE CAUSE FOR A FREE FUTURE EUROPE AT ALL!