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new album is absolutely bonkers
 
very un enter Shikari and very Enter Shikari at the same time. What a band
 
and oh yeah, the webstore variant ended up really pretty
 

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

There’s a global pandemic going on and they are probably just like every other company working with a minimum of staff. 
 
give them a break and just wait?

After giving this record a listen on a streaming platform, I really enjoy it. Any good European distribution I can order a come from?

https://letliveperiod.bandcamp.com/album/10-years-of-fake-history
 
“2007-2009. Whenever I think about those years I smile and I’m overcome with this sense of inimitable nostalgia. We learned a lot about freedom during that era. We worked multiple shit jobs and/or hustled in ways that some may consider questionable just to buy equipment. We found the most nefarious of establishments to call our studio. We quite literally risked our health and lives in mobile death traps we called “tour vans”. I mean one of our vans literally had a hole in the floor during winter touring through America, it was completely metal inside with no lining, and my best friend and I agreed to share the back floor where the doors didn’t lock properly and would randomly open on drives in the highway. Thats how bad we wanted it and I truly believe it showed. 

In these demos all we wanted to do was create something different. Different than the primary music we listened to or the “scene” we would be considered in, different than that around us, different than what each other wanted at times even. That’s what made these demo years so special. We allowed ourselves and each other an opportunity to be free as creatives AND as people. Our effort toward being so different was ironic at one of the biggest hurdles we faced when trying to grow the band due to its aberrance and our lack of breakdowns and swoopy bangs. But in the end it is what made ll. so special to us and to those that became bold enough to say they liked it. The ones brave enough to come to the shows and let go with us. The ones with the courage to be different within an already sub cultural arena. Those ll.ifers. That ll.ove. 

Thanks to this double edged sword that was letlive. we had some of the greatest experiences of our young lives, we had some of the absomite worst, we met some of our best friends, and we lost a lot of people due to our relentless schedule and lack of holistic view on our own mental health and after all of it, I genuinely believe we wouldn’t take anything back. The most important lesson I think we learned was that sometimes, maybe not always, but sometimes- you really just need to believe in yourself and say “fuck it” even if nobody else does; stay the path no matter how uncommonly winding and you will succeed. In the end, that success looked a lot different than what we originally sought after or thought we wanted and I, personally, realized that “success” had manifested itself in the journey. That’s where we were most successful. How much we put into getting to the end rather than what was waiting for us when the band finally culminated. 

I think I speak for us all when I say we had no idea where these demos would bring us and that’s the most beautiful part about it. That aforementioned freedom and uncertainty- it brought us to you. “

wish there would be a press of the TK era albums

received my black and eco today. My eco turned out dark grey 🤣

Ofcourse I am biased as fucking but loving the 2 new singles. Even dreamier and the ending on Reel is just so darn good. Also loving the Fact that Isa's vocals on Pale Skin are little bit more prominent. 
 
 
 

indies-only variant is “honey” (left) and regular is translucent orange (right)

yeah it's made with the leftovers in between 2 pressings. So it kinda depends on what they are doing. But if you look at their instagram stories you can see it

I was referring to what the actual variant is?
sounds like a recycled/random color 

I love the band, and 100 copies is a very small number, so I just bought regardless.  Not cheap, but worth it IMO.

new song
interesting blend of The Spark with some Flash Flood of Colour.  It clicked with me after a 2nd listen
 
 

'black cloud' , that will turn out as just a black pressing

'black cloud' , that will turn out as just a black pressing

I've been indoors since last Tuesday and all I'm doing is listening to Code Orange and going a bit stir crazy, so I may just go on a bargain hunt.
Banquet have added more £5 titles to their sale!
https://www.banquetrecords.com/search?t=Sale&w=24
Some sweet RSD '19 stuff in there, and a bunch of Banquet exclusive variants too. 
Stay safe and well gang, and please do not go to Stereophonics arena gigs (this is a general rule, not just a Covid thing).

Ordered!

Preorders are live (although DW not yet it seems)
 
800 x Eco vinyl
100 x Black vinyl
100 x Mr Blue sky (Deathwish Inc. exclusive)
 

eco variant
 
edit; more info about both charities they are supporting with half of the proceeds going to them
 
With this 7”, we wanted to give something back and have chosen to donate part of the proceeds to a few local charities that support the less fortunate and their fight against poverty.

The first charity is DoucheFLUX who seek to restore people's energy, dignity and self-esteem, so that they can start rebuilding their own future by escaping homelessness or avoiding a return to it.

The second, BruZelle, helps collect and distribute sanitary towels as well as raising awareness, communicating and educating about menstrual poverty – having to make the choice between general basic necessities, to survive, over menstrual protection.
 

The boys started a kickstarter to get this thing available again for their 25th anniversary
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pusa25/presidents-of-the-usa-vinylize-the-popular-one
 

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