Skeletal Lightning

We love you! There's a reason my order was in the triple digits with this record lol

We appreciate the understanding a lot! This year has been wild for sure. Last thing we wanna do is disappoint anyone. 

We appreciate the understanding a lot! This year has been wild for sure. Last thing we wanna do is disappoint anyone. 

I agree. Maybe we're all desensitized from 2020; lacquer shortage, oversold manufacturing process, etc. We're used to it and know it's not SL's or Dikembe's fault.

I feel like Skeletal Lightning is being over-apologetic  and hard on themselves. I completely understand why it's taking so long and it's okay, especially being a surprise release. And like Dan said, it wouldn't move if they shipped it. Dikembe fans seem pretty chill about it too.

Announcing Ostraca - last
New album available now digitally and up for pre-order on limited edition vinyl and cassette! Fans of Yaphet Kotto, Loma Prieta, and emo-violence will love this record.
Pressing info:
/250 Blue w/ Black Smoke vinyl (less than 20 remain at the time of posting)
/250 White vinyl
/200 Blue Tint cassette
Pre-order here
Bundles with a new t-shirt design and past albums also available. Pre-orders are expected to ship by mid August.

Announcing Ostraca - last
New album available now digitally and up for pre-order on limited edition vinyl and cassette! Fans of Yaphet Kotto, Loma Prieta, and emo-violence will love this record.
Pressing info:
/250 Blue w/ Black Smoke vinyl (less than 20 remain at the time of posting)
/250 White vinyl
/200 Blue Tint cassette
Pre-order here
Bundles with a new t-shirt design and past albums also available. Pre-orders are expected to ship by mid August.

Ah! That's no fun - sorry about that! For a second, we considered adding some branding with the band name, logo, etc, but at the end of the day thought it might be cooler to leave them simply as photo prints. I could only imagine the scare that gave you, so sorry for the fright!  :/

Pipin' hot off the press.
 

 

 
On an embarrassing note, I was not expecting there to be actual photos in the mailer.  The one on the bottom right was the only one to fall out of the mailer at first... and upside down, it definitely bears some resemblance to me circa 2013.  I don't know why but I immediately freaked out for a split second and considered that the band had obtained photos of me from 4-5 years ago.  The feeling was as unsettling as it was short-lived.

Got mine... Really happy... Thanks for the bonus candy, guys!

Release day bump! Almostttt done packing up pre-orders. Everyone that ordered before March should have their package on the way as of today. Thank you so much for the support on this one! 
 
 

btw, you can now stream the record in full on bandcamp! https://vasudeva.bandcamp.com/album/no-clearance

Anyone get their downloads and take this album for a spin yet?  Received a download e-mail just the other day.
The night before these went up for PO, I checked the web-store before calling it a night – probably around midnight – and noticed that they were up and live, a bit early.  Unsure of how quickly that splatter would sell out, I opted to order one, and was surprised to see a download link with my receipt.  I figured it was an accident since the release date was over 3 months out, but I tried it anyway... and lo' and behold, it worked.
 
Roughly 20 minutes later, the band e-mailed me directly and explained that the link shouldn't have been sent, and very politely requested that I trash the download, or at the very least, keep it under wraps.  3 months is a long time to hold out, but I assured them that the download would be under lock and key since they spent the last 2 years or so writing, recording, and mixing the album.  That being said, I've had a good bit of time to get comfortable with the record, and didn't want to say anything until others started receiving [intentional] download links and hearing the album for themselves.
 

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

Hi VCers - vinyl just showed up today. We'll be working as fast as possible to get pre-orders out the door and on your doorstep. There's only two of us, but we aim to have everyone's pre-order shipped by March 31st at the latest. Expect an email with tracking info when that happens. Thanks so much for the support! This is by far the most pre-orders we've ever received, so we're pumped and ready to get it in your hands!

As a guy running a small label, it sucks when the shipping process goes so terrible.  I am very hands on with everything I do, and it's literally just my wife and I.  We do everything from social media posts, project management, distribution, marketing and (some) PR, website, design, mailorder, ISRC coding,  literally everything.   It always bums me out to hear when someone gets a record from us that is damaged when we take great care in the packing process, yet somehow the USPS (or other carrier) absolutely trashes the package.  Mind you, this doesn't happen often, but it's worse when the person on the receiving end assumes that we as a label would pack it up already damaged or as if we intentionally made it so the customer would receive  a damaged item.  I have literally all label lines of communication linked to my phone specifically to ensure that I can get back to people almost immediately, and trying to keep people in the loop as quickly as possible is usually the best step we've been able to take in trying to keep the damage minimal.  Vinyl is expensive as hell, so it should be treated as a big deal for both the label and the customer when things go wrong, rightfully so.
 
I'd like to think we are pretty good with working with people on the rare occasion when this does happen, and although it costs us in the end, it's the right thing to do.  Hell, in one case, a guy in Ireland got a record that was literally FOLDED IN HALF.  He sent pics, and although it cost us about $50 to resend it, hoping that it would not show up the way it did the first time, we did it anyway.  It's a bitch, but again, it's the right thing to do.   Only part that sucks is the money lost, especially when a pressing plant sends over defective product to the label (trust me, this can happen even after you've approved test pressings....it's not a fail safe).  So it goes, I guess.  In the end, it's worth it to see the customer happy, or if that's not possible, try to compromise and make it work to get there.
 
Long winded post, sorry.  I guess it's just that as a label manager and a guy who orders a ton of vinyl over mailorder for myself, I can see both sides of the coin.

We're pumped for this! Thanks for the love <3

We're pumped for this! Thanks for the love <3

Here's a clip of the process behind the laser cut jackets!