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Hey @thomasj182 I apologize for the steep price. Honestly, none of the albums are intended to take any of you for a profit ride. Sure, like anything being sold, you hope to profit somewhat, but these are never money grabs. Your comments are all taken with honest respect. I myself is a collector and buy records not for a flip. I was lucky to get Brand New Scoence Fiction limited Press/package (pre Jessie scandal) and like us, the care in package is much appreciated and worth the cost. A Band In Hope was never released on vinyl and like I said, Epitaph has no desire to do any of our releases. We do all the work in house (I actually pick up the vinyl from the manufacturer, the boxes, labels, etc and ship them on my own. The most miserable 48 hours you can imagine. But, the reward of getting the album to those who are excited for it is super rewarding. again, I’m a fan and collector as well. On ABIH, we didn’t want to make anyone wait In a preorder, so turned it around from the day it was put up and shipped within 12 hours. I can (honestly) say, we have sold 600+ since Tuesday and are so appricative that people still care about us. The extra album is just a special way to say thank you. Everyone already have the album in CD or can stream it, so adding something special is just a thank you. As a music fan, i have always wanted the demos and out takes. Things that were never available. Hearing the evolution of the songs is very interesting and an inside look at hownthings came about. I get that some don’t give a shit too, but we just can’t do 2 runs (one single and one double). It’s expensive already, so doing that is honestly operating at a loss. The sleeves inside the album are pretty rad and it’s a nice way to old school experience the album as a audio and tactile experience. The only releasing the digital versions of the 2nd LP is just a fair way of giving a gift of appreciation. Usually when we sell out of the vinyl, we make those available, but doing it before that is like offering pre sale tickets to someone and then allowing everyone in for free day of show. It just would feel like we screwed them over. I don’t know if that makes sense, but it’s an ethical decision. I have spoken to Epitaph about it and they just don’t have interest. Perhaps they will change their mind down the line, but if they do, they don’t even need to ask us as hey own the master. We also donthis 3rd party license DIY, because we can have quality control over the release. When other companies license from labels, it’s usually without the bands permission and they don’t earn a dime from the license or sales and the quality control is non existent. Those companies are usually more concerned with just moving units. I actually bought Say Anything’s In Defense of the Genre” from one of those 3rd party labels and it honestly sounds like shit. I can assure you Max Bemis would be bummed. Any way... I appreciate all your comments and thoughts, i just wanted to know i hear you, I understand your grievances and don’t say my way or the highway... we just have this level of quality control that we want to uphold between Sonics, art and packaging. So, the price can seem steep. I was at Barnes and Noble (can you believe that’s actually one of the only places you can find vinyl these days?) and they were selling a single disc of Led Zeppelin III for $39.00... the band sees zero of that mark up at least doing it DIY, we sell directly to our fans and actually take control of our own destiny. Trust me touring for 6 years, 250+ dates a year and coming home with $500 bucks each, it’s pretty awesome to know 10’ywars later that it all meant something to the people we played for and they are there with the same passion and support for us to keep us doing these special things on our terms. Thanks again for your discussion on this board. sincerely, Mr. TheMatches

sparks in the dark now shipping

I'm down to join. EDIT: Sent payment.

I'll probably get two more if needed to fill it out.

Too late to join? If not, I'm in! Thanks.

I would post a video but I am shit at the internet. I just picked up cold bloods self titled album and damn if that thing hasn't been getting wore out. Such a good album and underated band.

there's (1) IDIB variant of Lou Rebecca from IDIB on discogs for $10 https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/11462874?ev=rb

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oops that wasn’t supposed to be up, thanks for letting me know

Hoping it still happens. Lee's been pretty sick the last few years and just went back into the hospital this week.

Favorite track has to be "No Means No"

More weed themed dopesmoker variants. Like shatter clear yellow or keef colored green with yellow haze.

Well I can certainly cross this album off the list of things to buy

Good point. I suppose my response was more geared toward the record store part of the equation. Then again all the cities mentioned (including Cincinnati) sound terrible so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'll throw Cincinnati out there. Lots of record stores and probably a cheaper overall trip. From my house there are at least 5 record stores (Plaid Room Records, Shake It Records, Everybody's Records, Black Plastic, Main St. Vinyl) within 30 minutes, you can easily hit at least 4 of them in a day with a couple of short skips across the highway. I believe there are at least 3 or 4 more right across the river in northern KY too.

Mom, I bought it for the music, I swear.