Thrash bands in the late 1980's seemed to come out of nowhere and every metal magazine of the day had tons of ads for thrash demo tapes and new LP's which almost totally usurped any other form of metal. Kinda like grunge only a few years later, labels reached out to sign almost everyone they could and lots of bands released one or maybe two records and faded into obscurity forever.
Loss For Words was definitely one of those bands. Formed in 1987, they were signed by Metal Blade/Death Records shortly there after and released their first and only full-length record in 1989, Prey. They disbanded in 1990 and this LP was there only official release.
Unlike psych and prog records of the 1970's, obsure thrash records don't really command huge premiums, which is a shame really as it wouyld keep alot of these bands in the sight lines of serious collectors.
That being said, Prey is a great album without the rarity attached. It's dense, crossover/thrash with fast, short songs and raw vocals. They aren't breaking any new ground, but deliver a stripped down, west coast thrash thing very well.
The CD has been rereleased and is pretty easy to find on Amazon. This LP copy was bought at Zion's Gate in Seattle, WA and looks like a copy of the original record with a 'Metal Blade Original '80's' tag on it - like it was backstck they dug up and rereleased as there are no changes to the artwork or the date of release on the back cover.
