Tom Delonge's UFO

Converge thread on VC fails me.

oh ah-ah-ah-ah

Signed and regular Emotion Side B are up again if you missed out - 
 
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Spicy 4th post.

Ok so to start off "Hyping" a gig where your widely celebrated band play their most famous and well liked album is totally fine. Tonnes of bands do anniversary tours for particular albums and the demand for this show would have been huge. Recording it also gives those lucky enough to attend a chance of having a memento of what I imagine was a great experience whilst simultaneously allowing those who weren't there a chance to join in the experience.

As far as variants go Converge have a huge cult following many of whom are variant collectors who buy every colourway version of a release they can. Giving these guys who already buy everything the chance to have Five separate designs rather than five duplicate jackets is pretty cool considering most variant hunters collect for aesthetics and art as normally the only differentiation is the discs themselves which most likely don't get taken out of their sleeves all that often.
 
Confusing? Not really they are all called Converge-Jane Live if you see 5 different covers but the same title and still assume there's different content then I'd say you need to engage your brain a little bit more.
 
As far as marketing it in order to sell out, Converge sells like wildfire no matter what. 500 a variant  is in line with the You Fail Me Redux press which noone cried about having a hard time getting hold of.

For me this like most Deathwish Inc. stuff has been handled in a way that is clear, above board and as a service to the fans.

 

So that was a weird post

Absolutely no way this post is anywhere within the realm of serious.  Being a blatant troll within your first 4 posts is a gutsy move but I will say that I respect the changeup.  You're brand new and already have us on our toes with your implication that this release is less about collaborating with talented artists and giving fans multiple avenues to explore something cool, and more about holding a gun to our heads and intentionally forcing everyone to buy everything.  You know the Converge boys; consistently milking that cash cow and creating irrationally priced products, just to spite their fans.
 
My head is spinning.

Still not as bad as the kid on instagram who called YFM: Redux a "Disney style cash grab"

Why send out a product that's different than the description in the first place? Offering a refund is the bare minimum customer service expectation.

You don't think a company sending you the wrong product on purpose (and hoping you won't notice) is a big deal? Is it the worst, I suppose not, but in the very least it says a lot about how little they value their customers. 

Ah... A douchebag on a forum. 
 
How refreshing. 

Why send out a product that's different than the description in the first place? Offering a refund is the bare minimum customer service expectation.

You don't think a company sending you the wrong product on purpose (and hoping you won't notice) is a big deal? Is it the worst, I suppose not, but in the very least it says a lot about how little they value their customers. 

They've yet to update the product listing and it makes zero reference to the existence of a black variant. Seems like pretty poor customer service.

I knew I was missing one!

Emotion Side B didn't make the cut?

Interesting conversation going on in here—and not a topic that's lost on me, or in any way news to me. It has always bothered/disappointed me the records that get tons of attention that we release vs. the records that get no support whatsoever for seemingly no discernible reasons (take a look at, idk, the Sorority Noise pre-order thread from earlier this year vs. say, the LITE "Cubic" thread for a stark example of this). And that's actually completely 1000000000% bonkers to me. Like, pretty crazy. Obviously to take nothing away from Sorority Noise, LITE's one of the most talented and interesting and non-derivative acts making music today and it's absolute crickets from this community because.... reasons(?). The crowd here, ~generally speaking~, on this particular forum, I've never really felt like my tastes really fully align with completely. BUT I've always been super appreciative of the support y'all have given us throughout the years. I know we're hemorrhaging that support, though. I understand we're not releasing records you [think] you care about. I read it every few days on forums and Facebook groups and Twitter and in this very thread. But we've also been doing this for over ten years now. I couldn't legally drink when Seth and I started this label and now we're in our 30's. It's not an "out of touch" thing—it's a tastes changing thing. I have almost no interest in the music I predominantly listened to a decade ago and that is reflected in the music we currently release through the label now as well. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I was putting out records just because I knew they'd do well, but that I was in no way myself personally interested in. That might pay the bills and other labels certainly do that but I'm way not down. So, here we are.
It's pretty clear the floor got kicked out from everyone doing anything vaguely ~emo~ in the last year or so. Like, save for a handful of bands that got the "indie" stamp of approval, shit is dead in the water and everyone bailed and left labels like jade tree / count your lucky stars / no sleep, etc. caught with their pants down. And when that shit's your bread and butter, that's not the canary in the coal mine, that's the whole mine shaft collapsing on you. Obviously, that's a large part of what we are known for and have done to this point so when you're shifting gears to something else (even doing so gradually over the course of many years), you're gonna alienate and lose some people. I get that. I just sincerely think a lot of people aren't even listening to what we release anymore, which is y'know, that's chill! lol. Not a hype label with the kids anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Maybe don't even have an identity really anymore. Which, y'know, that's fine also!! I don't want to be pigeonholed to one thing. I like that we can put out a Dangers record, a toe record, a Jay Som record and a Bad Heaven record in the same year and we don't need to start an imprint label to release different things through—and that it's not weird at all! Anyway, I'm totally just rambling now.
tl;dr: I think everything we release is fucking sick.
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Listened to this record and then then new NOFX record.  New Green Day sucks, NOFX rules.

We finally drove @travis away.  J/K. Thanks for everything you've done for the boards. Cheers.
 

We finally drove @travis away.  J/K. Thanks for everything you've done for the boards. Cheers.
 

I think I must be the only one who actually likes this band still. I love the new record. Spin The Dial is a great song and there's quite a bit more variety in the lyrics and sound. If anyone ordered the bsm version and feels like they don't want it anymore I'll be glad to take it off your hands