jhulud Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Formed nearly a decade ago, galvanized by Tampa hardcore and inspired by its miscreant noise, A Corpse Wired For Sound signals a new chapter for Merchandise. Following 2014’s After The End — a full-band effort recorded in a closet — the band stripped back to its core of Carson Cox (vocals, electronics), Dave Vassalotti (guitar, electronics) and Pat Brady (bass). The trio travelled to Rosà, Italy for their first ever sessions in a recording studio, with local producer, ICIO. The nine-song nocturnal A Corpse Wired For Sound was recorded half in the studio and half at home, in Tampa as well as Cox’s newly adopted bases of New York and Berlin – the culmination of a long-distance collaboration between Cox and Vassalotti. The album’s metallic title is inspired by a science fiction short story by JG Ballard, but equally sums up the band’s current state of mind. “We were ‘reborn’ as a rock band for After The End," says Vassalotti, “and then we straight-up died again. It couldn’t last. The result is this distended corpse responding to you from both sides of the Atlantic, forever singing in spite of everything.” Cox expands further, “it’s about the truth of growing up. You can’t take your friends or lovers with you. It’s about finding peace with that loneliness.” Limited blue vinyl. 100 pre-orders will receive one of 100 unique collage art pieces by Carson Cox. http://4ad.com/releases/815 jackshidt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Also bought. Hope I am one of the first 100. It's massively annoying when they don't update the info so you don't know if you have missed the cut-off. I suppose that is the point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 4 minutes ago, LeeKaye said: Also bought. Hope I am one of the first 100. It's massively annoying when they don't update the info so you don't know if you have missed the cut-off. I suppose that is the point... what makes this even weirder is based on the wording, it doesn't seem like being in the first 100 matters, and that it will be a random 100 people who preorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldKentuckyShark Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Is it the first 100 or just 100 random? either way, hope I get an art piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 The wording of it, I interpret as being "100 random orders". If they had just put in "First 100 pre-orders"...then there'd be no room for doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) was my post invisible, or are people just enjoying restating what I said? lol Edited July 19, 2016 by jrodan Mourning Wood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Nah...we just like to repeat things...like the bunch o' sqwaking parrots that we are.... jrodan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattycakes Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Looking forward to this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshidt Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) The 4AD email I received reads: " Pre-orders via 4AD will have the opportunity to win one of 100 unique collage pieces by Carson " ... which means the band, the label and the sales reps look down the list of pre-orders and award the prints to people they know personally or recognize. Edited July 19, 2016 by jackshidt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 POed, hopefully one of us can score the art stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Aaah, I skimmed the description and thought 1st 100. Yes, hopefully someone on here will luck out. Looking forward to the album, if it's at least as good as the last it will be pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Gonna grab this, even though I didn't buy their first LP. That's some nice artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 25 minutes ago, jeromium said: Gonna grab this, even though I didn't buy their first LP. That's some nice artwork. you know After the End isn't their first LP, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, jrodan said: you know After the End isn't their first LP, right? Oh right I've been listening since Children of Desire but always considered that one and Totale Nite EPs for some reason. I haven't heard the prior stuff actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 minute ago, jeromium said: Oh right I've been listening since Children of Desire but always considered that one and Totale Nite EPs for some reason. I haven't heard the prior stuff actually. oh man, you should check out (Strange Songs) In The Dark LP, the S/T CS and Terminal Jagger Jane's Addicition Boxset CS. all of it is significantly different than their new stuff, but is in my opinion better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 First single Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 14 minutes ago, fitterhappier said: First single its actually the second single. first single was released a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 15 minutes ago, jrodan said: its actually the second single. first single was released a month ago. I must have missed that Anyways, both singles are amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Damn. New song is awesome. Has that classic 90's 4AD style and then some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Blue copy arrived yesterday. Ordered when it went up, but sadly no artwork was included. Anyone luck out? Curious to see what they look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptothedo Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I ended up with some artwork, I'll get a picture of it tonight. Haven't had a chance to listen yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrackt Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 This one is in transit to me - stoke on the 3 songs I've heard so far. I hope this one does better than After the End for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Blue copy arrived today. So good. And lucked out with some artwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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