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American Nervoso reissues drop around 8am PT tomorrow Thursday.

Nah. Definitely not a sequel or one-up, yeah. TAITA 2: Reloaded (Retirement Edition) just doesn’t have the same ring to it. The mixing is maybe one of the bigger appeals here. I think the big test is seeing how many Thrice fiends actually reach for this record on their shelf if both versions reside there. The surprise factor is probably my favorite aspect of this release, I agree. They had no obligations to do something like this. Typically if one jumps through the hoops to fully retread a previous album, though - especially if they pull in features - I would say there’s generally a purpose for the time, energy, and funds being spent to make that happen. 99% of the time, anyway. Maybe this is within the 1% that is strictly “for funsies”… and if so, that’s great. I personally haven’t been able to get into anything Thrice has done post-hiatus, so this is probably as close as I’ll get to hearing the band in their current state output something I can at least kind of resonate with. But again, even if the production isn’t to your preference, I still think 2003 TAITA and its nuances (flaws) make it untouchable, like Matt said. Not as a flawless album, but as a pillar of nostalgia. That being said, do not misinterpret this dialogue as me posting “this shit sucks 😂 why would our guys buy this? Just track down an OG ffs”. Because that’s not what I’m saying. The band is moving a lot of units on this thing so the interest is clearly there. I’m definitely seeing some comments on various platforms that do insist this feels more like a live album – some going as far as to call it “soulless” – with others questioning, too, the entire point of re-recording just this album in their discography. If anything I’m not entirely alone with this old-man rant.

Maybe a little debatable. I’m with Alan in admitting that I don’t exactly get the purpose of doing this. You’re 100% right; re-recording an album note for note, it would be goofy to expect something that stretched way outside the box. I wouldn’t want to hear this album remixed by 12 different artists on 12 different tracks. Nor would I want a full acoustic / demo version of it. I guess for me, TAITA was sort of “the” album that opened my youthful eyes to modern genres and bands that became a cornerstone to my tastes today. I don’t listen to much Thrice in 2023. I do still have their pre-hiatus stuff on the shelf, even if I seldom reach for it, but I cannot deny that everything about TAITA is etched into my brain from an absurd amount of listens over the last two decades. I think the OG TAITA was on Island, right? They seem like a weird black hole for select artists and albums. (Thinking of Thursday’s WATT, another teen staple of mine.) Part of me thought that this re-recording was Thrice taking a page from Taylor Swift and trying to do their own “version” of the record that they’d have full rights to. But I’m also thrown off from that theory a bit, since TAITA has seen several repressed over the years – compared to WATT, again, which feels under lock & chain. So, again; I’m just confused about the purpose of this thing. It proves that the band members still have their technical chops even if they’re all older and more tired than they were in 2003. Dustin’s vocals sound like they’ve held up well, but… I’m still going to be a buzzkill and say that the nuances and production of 2003 TAITA make it its own special record and snapshot of its time. This new recording doesn’t take me back 20 years. It feels like a live capture of the record without the audience, with some questionable features (Architects 🤢) and I just don’t know what to make of that. At the end of the day, it’s neater than a lot of the anniversary approaches discussed above, so I should probably just back off and let it be. Still think it’s weird though. Sort of like updated interior inside of a vintage muscle car, or something. Rides the same. Still satisfying to drive. Maybe even has a few new bells and whistles to ooh and aah. But still kind of misses the mark when it comes to the experience of enjoying something from days gone.

I'll definitely pick this up as I love Thrice and the price point seems good for 2023. However, I just did a full listen and I was underwhelmed. Pretty much sounds like a really good live album. Drums and bass sound great, but then just simply combined with two guitar parts. The only overdubs I noticed were vocals. The guest vocalists are kinda pointless, as they are never featured, they are just bgvs. I was especially hoping for more from Andy Hull. Also, the loss of strings is significant--"The Melting Point of Wax" is really subpar without them. Thrice has always been super creative and used interesting recording and production techniques, but not here. Maybe that's the point.

Shut up, Derek. Urban Outfitters version is live: https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shop/thrice-the-artist-in-the-ambulance-limited-lp

check bandcamp - https://officialthrice.bandcamp.com/album/the-artist-in-the-ambulance-revisited

there is whopping 46-dollar newbury exclusive Eudora repress on green /500 https://www.newburycomics.com/products/the_get_up_kids-eudora_exclusive_2lp?variant=42122643931316

Finally !

The Abolition Of Man... wow

Was listening to a podcast interview of Chris and he mentioned there would be another anniversary press for Hello Rockview this year. Anthem went live on it's actual anniversary, but IWTOC didn't. Wonder if we won't see preorders for this until October since it originally came out October 6?

Rough Trade is putting out two new Mark Lanegan Band live releases. Limited to only 250 each. These were pressed before his passing and meant to be sold at the merch table. Live at The Stone Pony, New Jersey: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/mark-lanegan/live-at-the-stone-pony-new-jersey Live at Turnhout: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/mark-lanegan/live-in-turnhout-knuckles And it looks like they have a few copies of the 10 inch called Mescolito, which is a past live pressing featuring Duke Garwood: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/mark-lanegan-duke-garwood/mescalito-2 Per Rough Trade: We are very happy to have been asked by the Mark Lanegan estate to be the exclusive outlet for some of his releases. For many years Mark pressed live recordings to be sold on his Merch tables at shows. These recordings were pressed by him for the 2020 tour that had to be cancelled due to covid lockdowns in Europe & have sat in his storage since then.

https://twitter.com/TrophyScarsBand/status/1620954673757949953?t=9CYEhMM4w7MtMV6pAhVeIw&s=19 They're in and starting to ship!

Dad Hats are right up my alley. Those two songs are both really good. I'll definitely check out more. (Really waiting on some new Bad Rabbits though. Sounds like this year is the year. 🙏)

Bandcamp.

They’re going up on both Hello Merch and Evil Greed stores. The release will be in stores on 3/24.

Supposedly the Mank vinyl soundtrack will be going up tomorrow on nin.com.

Not a big fan of the live recording sound. Stare At The Sun sounds way less memorable than the OG recording because you can't hear the super melodic guitar effect as much. Either way, these are selling fast, and I'll definitely grab one. Edit: Just under $29 with their email signup coupon code. E-Z Buy. Snagged an ultra clear

thricemerch.com - 180g Black [Alliance Exclusive] /? - Cloudy Clear w/ Cream, Green, Blue Splatter /300 - Blue Galaxy /1500 - Olive Green /1500 - Ultra Clear /? https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/taita-20th-anniversary-reissue-12-vinyl-cloudy-clear-with-cream-green-blue-splatter https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/copy-of-taita-20th-anniversary-reissue-12-vinyl-blue-galaxy https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/taita-20th-anniversary-revisited-12-vinyl-green https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/taita-20th-anniversary-revisited-12-vinyl-ultra-clear newburycomics.com Exclusive - Green/Cream Split /300 https://www.newburycomics.com/products/thrice-the_artist_in_the_ambulance_revisited_exclusive_lp?variant=42122643898548 urbanoutfitters.com Exclusive - Blue & Cloudy Clear /1000 https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shop/thrice-the-artist-in-the-ambulance-limited-lp?quantity=1 banquetrecords.com Exclusive - Opaque Blue /300 https://www.banquetrecords.com/thrice/the-artist-in-the-ambulance---revisited/843563158814 ultra clear seems to be the only one still available as of right now (4:45pm CST)

Also strange that there is no brooklyn vegan variant. They are already posted about the album without their own variant preorder. Also Derek, why does it have to have a purpose? Why can't they just do it if they want to. Also as much as i like the og one it sounds awful, and always thought it could have been much better album with a better mix. And now this one delivers it, and they don't sound old and sloppy. For me it was a perfect surprise I'd never expected.

Maybe, I was able to add it to cart 8min ago. But “sold out” before checkout. Also the listing is still there, whereas earlier today they took down the listing. Blue in cloudy clear (color in color).

https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl/products/taita-20th-anniversary-revisited-12-vinyl-ultra-clear "Ultra Clear" version now up on the band's website.

https://vagrant.com/collections/vinyl/products/the-get-up-kids-eudora-2xlp-webstore-exclusive-pre-order

Banquet already posted a photo on facebook with it being in hand

Happy to see them back with a new LP. Esben And The Witch

Guess galaxy is /1,600.

Damn, bummed I missed out on that galaxy variant. That one looks pretty rad with the cover art.

Banquet Records variant Banquet

They’re great. But you could also order from various brick and mortar webstores when they go live.

I do most of my shopping there or their sister sites. never had issues, others would say different. But I don't think you'd really need to hurry with the retail variant. it's also up on basically every indie record shop's database.

Same. They can send me links to their leftover tour merch sales, but not this?! BAAHHHH

https://thricemerch.com/collections/taita-vinyl

Was there any announcement anywhere to sign up for the email list? Almost positive I was on their email list, so unless they switched mailing lists, confused why I got nothing.

Way to send the email lol.

four songs in and I love the production on this, it sounds great. grabbed that splatter baybeeee

you get a 20-year old album rerecorded. What newfound creativity do you expect from these known songs? I mean they wrote these songs a long time ago, more than likely they actually hate playing most of them, and yet they'd still give a new fresh skin to it. It's raw, sounding better than the og one, and Dustin suprisingly could still scream some parts. If they could pull this off half this good live, it will be awesome. I agree on the features though, I can't even hear basically, is that Chuck on blood clots? also I'd coose this over the typical acoustic/demo/ anniversary deluxe editions 100 out of 100 times.

sign up here for the mailing list and they will e-mail you a discount code and supposedly a notification once the store is open https://thricemerch.com/password CC @cautionthieves

Thanks for the heads up on this

Vinyl confirmed. Someone posted a screenshot of the store in the Discord.

Rock for Light /800 https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/products/bad-brains-rock-for-light-lp-limited-edition-transparent-yellow-w-red-splatter-vinyl

REV has an exclusive up /300 https://revhq.com/products/gel-only-constant

We have a new band whose release we're pretty excited for. Nashville's Dad Hats. Check out their two singles so far. Hopefully y'all dig. And PO for the record is up on 2/3.