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So if anyone wants to support Graveface, but wants stuff instead of donating, today is a good day to do it through their Bandcamp (no fees and all). I just placed an order for some Appleseed Cast and Tennis System and *viola* no fees for Bandcamp and GF gets the $. https://graveface.bandcamp.com/ 
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At this point I've supported all the "distant but I still shop there sometimes online or in person" shops and will keep it strictly local (unless exclusives, etc.) 
*Pats self on back* "good job dork."

Surface noise issues? With splatter vinyl? From Pirates Press?!?

Best news in a long time, thanks for the heads up!

Kranky is reissuing Grouper's AIA series (Dream Loss & Alien Observer) on separate black vinyl LPs, street date 10/25

Currently only seem to be up through Grouper's Bandcamp
https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/a-i-a-dream-loss
https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/a-i-a-alien-observer
 
Shipping is $5 per LP ordered, which is a bummer. Maybe that'll get tweaked down the line though.

New album up for preorder:
https://4ad.com/releases/901

New album up for preorder:
https://4ad.com/releases/901

Spinning that new Appleseed nbd
 

You’re a true die-hard collector when you disregard the impact of Brexit on border crossings & the cost of medicine but focus instead on how record purchases will be taxed! 😉

its 62 pages long and I find it interesting but its more of a production diary than the zine/books that come with Deathconsciousness or Giles Corey which were interspersed with lyrics art and fiction. It is mostly a reproduction of hand scrawled notes and it does also occasionally diverge into more ruminative segments about feelings and philosophy. It does go into depth as to explaining the themes as well as the compositional choices of each track. So if that's your bag maybe its worth the extra 8 euros?

Ok here goes @skycriesmary apologies for the lighting/lack of photography skills on display.
 

Elizabeth Colour Wheel - Nocebo (Red Blob in clear with screen printed dustcover)
 

All Your Sisters - Trust Ruins (Red with black splatter and art booklet/zine)
 

Vale - Burden Of Sight (Clear with Silver & Black Splatter)
 

Drowse - Light Mirror (Clear & Silver half and half with production diary zine/booklet)
 
As far as sound quality goes I'm probably not the most qualified to weigh in, my set-up is mid-tier and I've never been an audiophile. That said all of them play well, I don't think I've ever got a record that sounded shitty or off from this label.

Yeah me neither. But i think we are good. 

They said (on Facebook I think) that all the pre-orders had gone out. I didn't get a shipping notice either.

Are you aware that Temporary Residence have a UK warehouse where they ship from for a $10 flate rate via DPD?

Are you aware that Temporary Residence have a UK warehouse where they ship from for a $10 flate rate via DPD?

Are you aware that Temporary Residence have a UK warehouse where they ship from for a $10 flate rate via DPD?

Recently made considerable upgrades to my work setup, as I find it's the place where I listen to music most frequently. No vinyl, but a pretty serious headphone setup that I'm very happy with:

ZMF Eikon Cherry headphones, ALO Green Line headphone Cable
Auralic Taurus MK II Headphone Amplifier
Schiit Gungnir Multibit DAC
 

There was only one for April that had free shipping for the US, but they have not put up their catalog for May, hoping that we might get a new one.

Drowse – Light Mirror
By The Flenser on April 2, 2019 in Uncategorized The simplest questions are often the most difficult to answer.
In April of 2018, Drowse’s Kyle Bates left his home in Portland, OR for an artist residency in barren northern Iceland. Much of Bates’ time there was spent in self-imposed isolation, giving him ample space to ponder the nature of solitude, and what it means to be “closed” or “open” to the world. Upon returning home, Bates worked obsessively. Maya Stoner, his longtime creative partner, sometimes came to sing, but recordings where mostly done alone. The dichotomy of his Icelandic musings materialized in a very real way as he neglected his personal relationships in favor of his art. While he was confronting his life-long fear of intimacy, and reconciling himself to a diagnosis of Bipolar 1, Bates found that the means he employed to conquer these obstacles—self reflection through art—carried with them an equal measure of misery. Light Mirror, Drowse’s second album for The Flenser, is a subtle exploration of these contradictory attitudes and their consequences that can be heard as an artifact of sonic self-sabotage.

Light Mirror falls within a lineage of overcast Pacific Northwest albums (think Grouper’s Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill), but finds Drowse pushing past its slowcore roots. The album’s prismatic sound reflects experimental electronic, noise pop, black metal, krautrock, and more through Kyle’s distinct song-worlds. The lyrics are ruminations on the idea of multiple selves, identity, paranoia, fear of the body, alcohol abuse, social media, the power of memory, the truths that are revealed when we are alone, and the significance of human contact. They were influenced by filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and poet Louise Glück, who both address self-contradiction. Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur (Mount Eerie, Planning for Burial) at the Unknown, the album showcases a striking maturation in sound. Light Mirror is Drowse’s most intimate and desolate work to date.
The special edition includes a replica of the production journal Kyle Bates kept while recording Light Mirror alongside a short story written during the same time period. Interspersed with anxious personal digressions, the journal is a vivid glimpse into the artist’s process. The story speaks to the album’s themes and serves to deepen its world.
Light Mirror will be out june 7th 2019.
Pre-order.
Bandcamp.
Europe.
 
Available on White, Black or White with journal.
Subscribers are getting it on clear with silver 50/50 and the journal. Apparently that is limited to 150 so we now know the limit of the membership series. Haven't listened to the song yet as I'm waiting to give it my full attention.
 
Also All Your Sister's Trust Ruins versions are all being sent out but there was a glitch where not everyone was sent shipping notifications but Jonathan is fixing it.
 
Apologies for talking to myself so much in here.
 

The “what happened to RFC/Topshelf?!?” comments are always pretty hilarious. I hear Pure Noise and No Sleep are still catering to  pop punk “kids” and they’d love your business.

If someone still needs this, vinyl me please are selling copies for $10 with free shipping, even worldwide.
 
https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/store-exclusives/grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway-20th-anniversary-2lp-blue-grey-vinyl-ltd-to-2-000

If someone still needs this, vinyl me please are selling copies for $10 with free shipping, even worldwide.
 
https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/store-exclusives/grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway-20th-anniversary-2lp-blue-grey-vinyl-ltd-to-2-000

If someone still needs this, vinyl me please are selling copies for $10 with free shipping, even worldwide.
 
https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/store-exclusives/grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway-20th-anniversary-2lp-blue-grey-vinyl-ltd-to-2-000

If someone still needs this, vinyl me please are selling copies for $10 with free shipping, even worldwide.
 
https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/store-exclusives/grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway-20th-anniversary-2lp-blue-grey-vinyl-ltd-to-2-000

JPC has them up for preorder for us Europeans. Here’s the link for the colored version, regular is 1€ less:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/strand-of-oaks-eraserland-coloured/hnum/8941290

Boomkat has some more copies of Stage 4 on blue back up:
 
https://boomkat.com/products/everywhere-at-the-end-of-time-stage-4