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They played three new songs when I saw them this summer, and they were all great. Much better than anything from the last album, which I also found quite underwhelming.

I was hoping CT would have a better variant. I went with the green Spotify version.

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It was closer to $50, but mine is still sealed and I have no intention of listening to it. Do you want to buy it?

There are three certainties in life - death, taxes, and the hold steady always sounding exactly like the hold steady.

I mean, you're still supposed to pay taxes on any earnings whether you receive a 1099 form or not. The new tax law wasn't setting new limits for taxpayers - just new minimums for tax forms to be provided to taxpayers. You're still supposed to report everything you earn. But I won't tell anyone if you don't.

I'm actually more amazed that people spent an extra $250 on a single piece of paper from Gavin's journal. Makes $2000 for a puppet seem quite reasonable!

The 2LP pressing from the box set is way better than the old single LP. I assume this new issue is the same.

Am I listening to a different album? I didn't find this boring or repetitive at all. The whole thing is excellent in my opinion. I will be spinning this a lot.

I haven't heard anything about pressing numbers, but every other site (including Amazon) lists this as random color. I think all 3 options are cool, so I placed an order with Bullmoose and another with Amazon to try my luck. These can't be very limited. I would guess at least a few thousand of each color.

I considered this, but I couldn't pull the trigger after watching the video of the super warped record on their turntable and the graphic that shows the label fully submersed in the cleaning machine. How am I supposed to trust a company that can't even find a flat record to use as a demo? This looks like amateur hour.

Nothing here, but the original description said it would ship around end of October, so I'm not expecting anything yet.

I have spun the Walmart red and the black versions, and I don't notice anything odd about the opening of Them Bones. I will listen harder tonight. I can't believe people are describing the second half of this album as a slog. I can't imagine skipping side C. This album is about as flawless as they come for me.

I would prefer 12 Bar Blues or Happy in Galoshes, but I will probably buy this even though most of these versions are terrible and I rarely listen to Christmas music.

So preorder in October with the release date in summer 2023? Hope they don't screw up the artwork like they did with the latest Leitmotif repress. Might have to look at selling my OG copy while the prices are still crazy.