ethanpricington

Wow. That was nuts. I live in small town outside of OKC, and go to the same local shop about 45min away. Typically, if nothing is super rare on the list that I want, I can get there around 9-9:30 ,before they open at 10, and be the 30-40th person in line. This morning I got there at 9:15 and was maybe the 100-120th person…😳 missed out on Collective Soul and Duncan Sheik, but grabbed Blessid Union of Souls and Team Sleep.

HELL. YES. New Webbed Wing album - Vol. III - just announced via Memory Music. Out July 12, 2024. Pre-order is live homies: https://memory-music.net/products/webbed-wing-vol-iii-pre-order Two new singles up:

It's so god damn good. The boys are back! Pre-ordered with the swiftness

@veggiecorecords

Nearly 6 years later, we're finally getting a new TSSF album - I Want To Disappear - on June 21st. New single released and pre-orders are live: https://purenoise.merchnow.com/collections/the-story-so-far 500 - PN1 - Orange, Blue & Bone Aside/Bside w/ Black Splatter *SOLD OUT* 1500 - PN2 - Black in half Milky Clear / Half Bone w/ Orange & Blue Splatter 1500 - US Indie Retail - Coke Bottle Clear w/ Orange Splatter 6500 - Target - Bone and Sea Blue Pinwheel w/ Black Splatter 500 - Banquet - Bone & Royal Blue Pinwheel 500 - Hot Topic - Neon Green & Bone Pinwheel 500 - Newbury Comics - Bone in Milky Clear w/ Sea Blue Splatter 500 - Hard Times - Bone/Black/Royal Blue Tri-Stripe 500 - Revolver - Orange Crush & Black Butterfly 500 - Impericon - Clear & Black Spinner 500 - Band - Half Bone/Half OxBlood w/ Black Splatter 4000 - Standard Retail - Milky Clear w/ Black, Blue & Orange Splatter 1000 - Deluxe Book - Milky Clear w/ Black Smoke

Cardinal = 5.5/10 Deeper Well = 6/10 Too Good to be True = 6.5/10 Moving Out = 6/10 Giver / Taker = 8.5/10 Sway = 6/10 Dinner with Friends = 5.5/10 Heart of the Woods = 6.5/10 Jade Green = 6.5/10 The Architect = 9/10 Lonely Millionaire = 7/10 Heaven Is = 8/10 Anime Eyes = 7/10 Nothing to be Scared Of = 7/10 Overall Average = 6.7 Lol. Pitchfork gave it a 6.8, the average i came up with was exactly 6.78, so yea, makes sense. Overall, I enjoyed this album much much more than star-crossed. But it still fell short of my expectations of her 'returning to form'. "Deeper Well" and "Too Good to be True" would've gotten higher scores if that damn vocal treatment choice would've been non-existent. I feel like Kacey has such a beautiful voice. No effect at all is needed imo, with maybe some reverb at the very most (see the latter tracks). And although a bit cheesy here and there, the collective spiritual vibe is ok, didn't bother me like it may others.

Of course I'd get super excited to see early Wednesday morning a shipping notification from Interscope for the Spotify variant I pre-ordered...yet...it still showing in the 'label created' stage with FedEx today 😑 That's honestly why, for artists I know should have an indie variant at my local shop on release day, I'll just pick it up then. Idk why, if product is in-hand, that they're not shipping it at least 3-4 business days ahead of time. Who gives a shit if someone rips it to the internet early. Does that even make anyone mad anymore????

The very beginning had me a bit scared. And then it kicked in and was like 😯

Wait, is it 2014 again? Sending out the bat-signal for @travisto make a triumphant return lol

New album Clancy just announced. Dropping May 17. Pre-order is live. I'm sure this will have a ridiculous number of variants. https://store.twentyonepilots.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twentyonepilots.com%2F&intcmp=240229%2Ftwentyonepilots%2Ffbr%2Fhp%2Fs_hp%2Fbut%2Fbdy%2Fww%2Fhomepage-clancy-merch-pre-order-button

New album just announced and pre-orders below. Dropping May 10th: https://purenoise.merchnow.com/collections/knocked-loose New single too:

Locked in for Collective Soul & Duncan Sheik (it's my childhood, fucking sue me). Will probably pickup Paramore, Buena Vista Social Club, maybe even Blessid Union of Souls... 🙊

List is officially live: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases?view=all

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