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This is some excellent lofi shoegaze from Seoul https://parannoul.bandcamp.com/album/to-see-the-next-part-of-the-dream

Don't forget to tag Beck on instagram. I'll take a popcorn!

https://mega.nz/folder/sS4DzQyR#SaWNQmt8W3mCCoIZkQO0jA If anyone missed it, here you go. (Had to splice it into four parts due to size)

I gave up when Warning came out, however, in hindsight, Warning is their last album by the band that I used to call Green Day.

Seriously! More like Billy "No" Armstrong, amirite??? Nimrod has some bangers, but Insomniac is their last 'front-to-back-awesome' album, imo. 'Warning' hit me hard when it came out, but has faded in rotation for me over the years; still a great part of their canon. I gave up when 'American Idiot' came out 🤷‍♂️

Best post-hiatus album, don't @ me.

Yep. Insomniac was peak. Nimrod maybe at the same level, even the b-sides. Warning was a great start for a mature Green Day as they were starting families. Then Billie walked into a hot topic during a lightning storm and a fracture in the space time continuum sent us to an alternate reality.

The $100 is probably double what most of them were prepared to pay for their turntable (if they actually even own one)

Nobody deserves anything for free, but UMG isn't helping themselves. They were responding to some cancellation requests in the first 1k orders telling people that they would still get the album as an apology. But now they are telling people that there was a misunderstanding and that isn't going to happen.

how could you not just buy this one tho

Shy Tooth "Ultrasuede" This is a PREORDER item and will not ship until around 3/26. LP /100 Dark Pink Cassettes /100 Too Kind Turpentine Wavelengths No Closer To Trace/Erase Unspecialized Resigned Shall Be Visited Last Domino Say Now Miliana Sometimes you can only see how much things have changed when you’re already past them. Shy Tooth’s debut LP Ultrasuede has a throughline of reflection on growth, change and acceptance brought to it by a band that has seen it all, even before it’s existence. Composed of veterans of a number of Rochester, NY hardcore and punk bands including Polar Bear Club, Marathon, Coming Down, Like Wolves and Green Dreams, Shy Tooth was initially formed by bassist Brian VanEtten. “I had just moved back to Rochester and [Brian] was just sort of writing and recording these home demos,” says singer and guitarist Jimmy Stadt. “I ended up singing on one of them and I also threw some guitar leads on it. He liked them! So we went from there. We actually played together practicing for a long time before the 3 Songs EP came out. Almost two years. It was great.” Based on their shared history of playing in aggressive bands, one would assume that Shy Tooth would follow in that lineage, but Ultrasuede leans more into the melodic sides of those bands. The record retains the distorted edge and pummeling rhythms, and layers on the harmonies, keys, and bells - finding the band occupying a lane more akin to Nick Lowe’s brand of power pop melded with a more contemporary Springsteen indebted anthemic indie punk. “We sat with that EP for a while and just naturally got a feel for how we got in our own way with it,” Stadt continues. “I think we just tried to pull out all of those stops on this one. By its nature and the way we approached it, we experimented a lot more with percussion and auxiliary sounds. Bands are an ever-evolving process and this one just got that much better at playing off each other and working as one.” That organic and collaborative approach to the band growing into itself and it’s sound served them well during the songwriting process. “These songs span many years of writing for me,“ Stadt reflects. “They pull from all sorts of experiences throughout my life. And to be honest, I only really understand it looking back on it. It wasn’t necessarily a part of a plan.” Elaborating further he says, ”The songs are ultimately all of us. We all put a lot of work into each one and share writing credit. Most of the songs come from me. That being said, there are great moments of collaboration on this album.” Ultrasuede’s 11 songs feel like the result of that shared knowledge of when to go full bore, and when to reign it in as the album traverses full throated, shout along anthems and more reserved numbers. The jangling 12-string intro of album opener “Too Kind” seamlessly turns into soft keys, and then explodes into a hook and harmony filled anthem about wearing your emotions too close to the surface. “Too Kind” showcases the band’s ability to create layered yet catchy songs, while the relatively subdued acoustic number “Unspecialized” where Stadt sings of “a dreaming tiger I thought I had tamed, bit my left hand trying to undo the chain” emphasizes that the band’s ability is not diminished in any context. On “Resigned” the band flirts with moments of classic 70s power pop before roaring into life in a distinctly non-throwback way, and then the album dips into the layered, orchestrated “Shall Be Visited.” Songs like “Unspecialized” and “Resigned” have lyrics that may sound like they’re coming from a place of defeat, but initial impressions bely the band’s confidence and thoughtfulness. The acoustic-driven and slide guitar led “Say Now” finds Stadt grappling with and ultimately finding acceptance, singing “we’ll never have it all, if that’s ever what we wanted.” “We named the album Ultrasuede after a lyric in the song ‘No Closer To.’ That lyric is about putting all of yourself (maybe too much of yourself) into what’s ultimately fleeting and how ridiculous that is but beautiful at the same time,“ Stadt says. It’s that attitude that shines through on Ultrasuede - there’s beauty in where you’ve been and where you ended up if you’re open to it.

https://asianmanrecords.limitedrun.com/products/696084-coming-soon-ajj-only-god-can-judge-me-more-lp Pink and black. The "and more" is their side of the split with Ghost Mice and two songs from the O Pioneers split.

My dude got me a decent haul. All NOFX is gone. Bombpops is gone, BC/BC is gone. A few of the 7 IOTM are gone. Lagwagon is gone. Surprisingly all NUFAN are still there.

New Esoctilihum up for order in their EU shop. https://metalodyssey.8merch.com/product/esoctrilihum-dyth-requiem-for-the-serpent-telepath-2lp/ 250 Purple /250 Black. The purple seems to be exclusive to the shop and the black should hit US distros later, but will probably be as hard to come by as the last one was. New track up at bandcamp. https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/track/ezkikur

ugg, this record kind of sucks.

Same. Was really hoping they’d truly screwed the pooch and shipped me an extra one tho..

I didn't actually get one. Just bored.

I remember the simple times of VC, when everyone commented on getting their shipping notifications.

EU version is online https://shop.throughloverec.com/collections/pre-order/products/tennis-system-autophobia

I HATE THE BRONX!!!! I missed on the TP but this dingbat sold a kidney and picked up all the exclusives (Banquet and Revolver), The US, EU, and AU store exclusives, as well as the retail version. I also got the 7" boxed set. I HATE THE BRONX!!!! PS. Still waiting on that Halloween release...