Alan P

Love this album! Been on constant repeat now for 48 hours. And the Jockey #2 variant is beautiful. Can’t wait to see them finally this summer at Pug Fest.

Yeah, and now there are three of them! While I hate most of the marketing/rollout for this, I actually do like the fact that she hasn't released any songs from it yet. I just got the new Middle Kids record, and I love it, but 5 or the 11 songs were released as singles over the last 8 months, so only half the record was "new" to me. I think I might avoid any early streaming songs from this TS record, then go buy the record at Target on release day, and then listen to the whole album as a complete unknown.

Pretty sure this is the first time in my life I have been sick of an artist I really like. Tired of seeing her in the news, tired of seeing her on TV, tired of ridiculous marketing gimmicks. I just want to listen to the music.

Just noticed the Christmas Tree Farm picture disc is selling for $200/pop--looks like a dozen copies have sold on Discogs for that amount or more in 2024! Just have loaded up on those a few years ago; I do have my one.

The 2009 tour was fun, but the lack of songs from How it Feels... (Guitar and Videos games only) and The Rising Tide (none) was frustrating. I love that their setlists the past couple years have been a fairly equal mix of all four albums. But yeah, there will probably only be 1-2 songs each off the non-Diary albums after the album play-through.

Saw them twice in Fall of 2022 and both shows sounded incredible--just as good as they've ever been. Now if only they would come near me again!

This is up: https://shop.sunnyday.realestate/ But $40 plus $9 more for shipping? Nope. I want it, and I will like it, but will wait to find it cheaper. I am glad it includes the new song, which is fantastic!

This happened to me recently with another record on Amazon. I ordered the new Bonny Doon album a few months back and got some random band I had never heard of--sent it back. Tempted to see what happens though trying this one.

2023 was a major shift for me; I went from being a completist (not variants, but full discographies by my fav bands) to being OK with just having 2-3 records each from my fav artists. I was nearing 1000 records, but sold almost 300 this year and my goal long-term is to have a collection of around 500. I used most of that cash to fund vacations for my family and to go to concerts. I have committed to going to way more shows rather than buying records moving forward. As others have said, much of my purchasing is well-done reissues; lots of 90s albums that had never been on vinyl before. I used to pre-order anything and everything that sounded interesting, and then sold off the albums that didn't grab me months later. Now I am doing the opposite, as in Nov. and Dec. I finally purchased physical copies of my fav 2023 albums I had been listening to digitally (either on Bandcamp or Apple Music) all year. I do have 5 new release pre-orders in from some of my top artists, and lament the costs. In general, if cost of pre-order plus shipping is over $30 I pause and usually wait as I know I can probably get it cheaper used or from a store later on. Although I break my own rules--this week I pre-ordered the new Waxahatchee deluxe edition which was $39 + $9 shipping. 😬 Finally, maybe my favorite purchase of 2023 was Stars- "The Five Ghosts" 7" box set. I had an OG version of the 2010 album, but always wanted the box set as I am a sucker for interesting and well-done packaging. It does not disappoint! It is a pain to listen to as it is 12 songs over 6 records, but it is gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing this; I heard the one new song and immediately ordered! I remember listening to the Forecast, but it's been 15+ years and completely forgot about them (was probably "Late Night Conversations". Been listening to their stuff all morning--their 2012 album "Everybody Left" is awesome and today is the first time I am hearing it.

Had never heard of this band, but listening to the two tracks on Bandcamp and really digging them! Love the art as well, and that feathered pink variant is beautiful. Unsure if I'll order, but definitely doing to be checking out their discography.

Had completely forgotten about this band. Only knew the first song from the radio. Found an epic, archived Pitchfork review: https://web.archive.org/web/20000816162954/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/black-lab/your-body-above-me.shtml

Love this band! Preordered the record and bought a shirt.

“End” is SO GOOD

Added a bunch of records to the original list, also put photos of 49 7"s on my Instagram over the weekend (less than that available now): https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpa3k3Fu7am/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link