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Here's a pic of the upper right corner. The bottom right corner is also bent

Here's a pic of the upper right corner. The bottom right corner is also bent

Here's a pic of the upper right corner. The bottom right corner is also bent

Here's a pic of the upper right corner. The bottom right corner is also bent

Here's a pic of the upper right corner. The bottom right corner is also bent

Boxsets for active bands with the possibility of post-boxset releases are stupid though

Hassle Records is handling the EU/UK portion and says 10"

Them piecemealing all these represses is really annoying. The shipping is getting out of hand.

This album is better than Palms but I still think Thrice should've stayed on hiatus or reformed under a different name.  Doesn't quite live up to their prior catalog but I wasn't exactly holding my breath when taking it for a spin, so it was by no means a "disappointment".  Strangely enough I feel like there's a lot of great stuff to be found in the verses on this thing, but the choruses feel like complete jank and completely pull me out of the song.  I don't know how to describe them other than super left-field and-or forced.  Which is still better than anthemic stadium butt-rock choruses, don't get me wrong.  But they're the ultimate blue balls when the verses establish some A+ grooves or progressions... Riley and Ed definitely kill it; there were several standout moments where the bass shined, especially.
 
Regarding digital copies: bandcamp has been a blessing in recent years but I get that it's not always an option unless you intend to re-purchase everything through the platform, digitally.  I do enjoy that digital rips are included with any vinyl purchase though.  That being said I've probably been downloading MP3s for about 2 decades now and I don't think I've once crashed a PC or obtained malware from them.  Torrents are viable, but I lean towards P2P these days.  In about 20 seconds I searched one to find this album and saw 6 complete rips in 320.  I would bet top dollar that they're authentic 320s as well, and not some Youtube transcode bullshit.
 
I completely agree that it's nice and occasionally beneficial to keep an MP3 collection – I maintain one alongside FLAC as best as I can – but I don't think it's at all "harder and harder" to find them online these days.  Especially for bands as popular as Thrice.