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This place does suck ass.

How's the boot taste this afternoon? Solid flavor, nice vintage?

Let's keep cool heads here ladies and gentlemen, also if you're gonna dish it out but can't take it try logging off instead of reporting people.

I think the emphasis may have been on the questioning of whether or not it's a double LP. It isn't explicitly clarified on the product page, though the photo suggests it. Embarrassing thread so far.

I feel similarly, but to be fair, I'm not in love with Love in Shadow. It's good, but it definitely feels like they were home from collaborating with Haino and wanted to keep experimenting and live with the moment. A superficial listen to May You Be Held could be interpreted in the same way, but this new music feels way more intentional and tight. What One Becomes has become one of my favorite records of all time, and I have a feeling that once I sit with May You Be Held a little longer, I'm going to love it just as much. And oh yeah, GY!BE fucking rules live.

5 green left, 30 clear left!

(also kind of extremely late here)... i strongly agree with the polished/squeaky clean/sterilized take. which i think is a big reason why act IV and migrant fall super flat for me, and also why i didn't really like act V at first. (i actually hated it.) but revisiting act V... the sheer number of callback makes it worthwhile, but also the production quality really plays up the wide variety of genres throughout the album, unlike act IV/migrant (which is very uniform in their sounds). so, hopefully you did revisit act V and you enjoyed it as much as i do. but if not, it is what it is!

Discord is a good place too

Just a friendly reminder that this is an anonymous message board for nerds who collect records. Its not serious at all. If you really, really have trouble with restraining your personality disorder then maybe you'll be more comfortable on reddit or Twitter.

I thought they sounded like ass for most of the night. Seemed out of tune and missing notes on a bunch of songs. Completely uncharacteristic of them.

there was a post WAY the fuck back about it being a possibility: did that ever get closer to happening @mindovermatter?

This is the issue I see as well. I'd say 2/3-3/4 of all my sales end up being international. On eBay I couldn't care less if it's international since I sell with the Global Shipping Program. I don't deal with it at all, just have to ship it to whatever processing location for eBay and still pack all the records super nice regardless of it being international or domestic. On Discogs, since there's nothing like that, I don't mind checking for quotes when someone asks, but I've rarely shipped to the same country twice, let alone with the same weight. A one size fits all cost is just a headache to refund after the fact, and hope that I put something high enough to cover any situation, which will likely dissuade buyers from purchasing to begin with. 🤷‍♂️ I'll probably just switch Discogs to domestic only and let Ebay handle anything international.

Four /100 variants have went up and since sold out while you locked this thread. My entire collection is ruined.

Their immune systems are superior to ours in every way.

Uhhh, pretty sure Covid exists in Canada too, eh?

Yup. "Different strokes for different folks" and all that, but I'm of a similar mindset. I've even convinced normie verse-chorus-verse friends who listen to pop, indie, or hardcore - exclusively - to attend a GY!BE show with me, and they always leave stunned and smiling after the show concludes. Post-rock is an acquired taste but between the visuals and dynamics of their live show, I feel like it's not hard to get something out of their performances, regardless. Call it pretentious, but seeing them live has always kind of struck me as an "art experience"... just as much (if not more) than a traditional band playing a set. Not arguing that music by itself isn't art. But hopefully you get what I mean. Anyways. Being that this isn't a GY!BE thread – I will say the new Sumac is pretty monstrous. I see what NoWorthyIcons meant about the record taking its time to start up, a bit. On first listen it feels like the outright riffy or crunchy guitar sections and breakdowns are maybe a little more sparse, but they're absolutely there, and it's a Sumac record through and through. I feel like the more ambient and experimental passages are a little tighter, too – not that I disliked them on Love In Shadow, but I can think of several moments of that record that feel very free-form. No doubt a product of those Haino collaborations recorded around the same timeframe. Overall pretty pleased with it on the first go-around. It's sitting exactly where every other Sumac record has sat on first listen, so far. Which is really impressive when you consider that it's the third time they've managed to stay consistent with a followup, giving me what I wanted or needed to hear, but also subverting expectations enough to stay fresh and "challenging" in a fun manner. Makes for tremendous replay value and I can't wait to sink my teeth into additional play-throughs.

Lmao he's still at it. I've never seen feelings so hurt over something so dumb. Self reflection at its finest.

RIP the Jewels.

discogs.com I stopped looking after the GUTG 7" that you can get for $24 shipped.

Highspire is pressing 'Your Everything' on vinyl for the first time. Pre-orders available now. https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/231233/highspire-your-everything

30 years later...

Yeah I went ahead and dropped 41 bucks on a second copy because its /100. Should look neat though

Did you end up selling all of this stuff?

Such a perfect record.