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Received the the bundle today with the demos.

 

Got to listen to album of the year demos and Novena on nocturn. sounds great! ill get to check out the rest tomorrow

Colour update: Biophilia is one disc orange, the other navy in solid colour blocks. 

http://instagram.com/p/zSVufIv2_n/ [not mine, I'm totally not constantly checking the Bjork tag...]

 

Also Homogenic + Vespertine but both of these have already been seen? 

http://instagram.com/p/zYZxIWPVtK/

ahahaha thats awesome. i was about to post that picture here. i would've got the new album and volta. but my wallet went broke from so many vinyl purchases in the last month.

Got mine today just in time for the album release.

Album sounds awesome! still need to listen to the 7 inch.

The poster book is also great!

Wow I totally disagree. I think the first half has some of their strongest tracks in a while.

The end fizzles a bit & doesn't flow together too nicely, but overall I really dig it.

You guys don't like the title track?? That song is crazy good.

Thats exactly how i felt! After listening to I Shot an Arrow,Big Dark Love, and Dream in red.I felt it was going to be another weird record.Which i love! I really dig it when they try something new

Looks and sounds awesome

Such an awesome and sexy release.Plus the music is so good!

 

Got mine today! So good

 

And im all the way down in orlando florida.Was not expecting to get so soon.Knowing it was international.

If they press the The Fountain on vinyl i will throw all my monies at them.Best sound track ever!

Holy Fuck! got another variant! I never buy multiple copies mainly because i cant afford it. All the copies Ive got from Mondo except one (Drive) i bought that copy from Amazon but i also ended up getting the variant.Idk how their system works but so far im ok with it.Im sure when my luck runs out i wont be happy with the way they do things.

Looks good tho.

 

Granted out of all the releases they have released i only purchased 4 but I only buy what i know ill listen to.

I'll upload it now and DM you the link when it's finished. revolutions in real time definitely has an eerie vibe to it

Can i get the bonus track and the alternate ending of music for changing parties? I got the boxset.and d/l the digital version.No bonus or alternate version

I'm taking it the same as you. I'm a huge fan of Godspeed (can't say the same about Geoff at all) and I love the song title and thinks it makes sense in a critical manner. I guess that's what i want it to be referencing even it that isn't what it is, though.

Ive read multiple interviews with him stating his love for Godspeed and a silver mt zion. He even used one of their song titles in the lyrics for the War All the Time album.

Let’s talk about the evolution of United Nations. It started as more of a satirical project and seems to have evolved into something more serious. What does it mean to you at this moment in time?
The first idea was to be a Gravity Records kind of band, like, ‘We should just sound like Orchid or Reversal of Man, and that’s it.’ And once we started working on it the first time, I was talking to James Cauty from the KLF… He did the art for the first record and was like, ‘You know, this is going to get banned, and you’re going to get sued, so if anybody asks, I’m going to say you stole the images from me.’ I was like, ‘Well that’s pretty punk. I like that.’

We were also talking about reading The Illuminatus! Trilogy as kids. It’s kinda a satire of politics, conspiracy theories, and how ridiculous the whole thing is. So we talked about putting out the most political record that actually has no message. Like none; it’s just folding in on itself, a joke of a joke of a joke. That’s what the first record was. And when we got to Never Mind the Bombings…, we wrote four songs we were actually really proud of, and got another great artist, Ben Frost, to do the cover. It was still satirical, but it was also a little more serious and trying to say a few things, trying to criticize punk culture for being as capitalistic as everything it pretends to be against. It’s just as much about ‘coming to buy our T-shirts’ as anything else.

This record is more developed and mature because we decided that the best form of critique isn’t political or punk critique; it’s critiquing ourselves. So the record is a lot more personal—a lists of all the ways we’ve failed all the things we once believed in, and accepting the status quo of how band things have gotten. It’s sort of examining our own level of privilege. The box set is supposed to be a fake mythology of the band. The cassette is the first demo—the band at its most basic—then there’s the two 7-inches, and the 10-inch is where we get into our pretentious phase of trying to sound like Godspeed [You! Black Emperor]… Depending on the groove you land on, it has two different endings. It’s like a fork in the road, and the needle ends up in one or the other.

i feel like some of you are trying to read into the Godspeed thing too much. UN has been referring to bands lyrics/art etc for awhile now generally with a  currency/popularity reference as well.

I really doubt geoff cares that much about Godspeed playing corporate venues or whatever maybe just found it peculiar, possibly in the same way it think it's funny blink 182 is like 40 theyre married and have kids and still play songs about girls in highschool still.. Daitro wouldn't tour with thursday because they had a booking agent or something like that.

i agree. def reading too much into it.

 

"This record is more developed and mature because we decided that the best form of critique isn’t political or punk critique; it’s critiquing ourselves. So the record is a lot more personal—a lists of all the ways we’ve failed all the things we once believed in, and accepting the status quo of how band things have gotten. It’s sort of examining our own level of privilege. The box set is supposed to be a fake mythology of the band. The cassette is the first demo—the band at its most basic—then there’s the two 7-inches, and the 10-inch is where we get into our pretentious phase of trying to sound like Godspeed [You! Black Emperor]… Depending on the groove you land on, it has two different endings. It’s like a fork in the road, and the needle ends up in one or the other."

 

That qoute was taken from his other interview he did the other week.Has even more information than the pitchfork interview

Here's the rest of it(pretty lengthy but really interesting)

http://www.self-titl...band-and-label/

It wasn't, but one of the songs on the new album is called "F#A#$"

I think its a more positive thing judging from this interview he had with Selftitled Mag

 

"This record is more developed and mature because we decided that the best form of critique isn’t political or punk critique; it’s critiquing ourselves. So the record is a lot more personal—a lists of all the ways we’ve failed all the things we once believed in, and accepting the status quo of how band things have gotten. It’s sort of examining our own level of privilege. The box set is supposed to be a fake mythology of the band. The cassette is the first demo—the band at its most basic—then there’s the two 7-inches, and the 10-inch is where we get into our pretentious phase of trying to sound like Godspeed [You! Black Emperor]… Depending on the groove you land on, it has two different endings. It’s like a fork in the road, and the needle ends up in one or the other."

 

That qoute was taken from his other interview he did yesterday.Has even more information than the pitchfork interview

Here's the rest of it(pretty lengthy but really interesting)

http://www.self-titledmag.com/2014/07/02/interview-geoff-rickly-on-modern-art-united-nations-thursdays-abrupt-split-and-the-launch-of-his-new-band-and-label/

Am a little torn about the Godspeed callout, but to each his own. 

Where was that in the interview? or was this another interview.

Idk how serious to take that.Ive read lots of interviews with him and he stated before that Godpseed and Silver mt. zion are one of his favorite bands

I, uhh... what?

Even though i already edited. I'll do one better.

 

Original artwork > Reissue artwork

Thank you Andrewlucas for making these awesome jackets.

I recieved mine today.Im just happy i ordered a jacket for this .the reissue album artwork does not do justice for this album.

 

Edited. Better lol

same price here, and I seem to recall them having good shipping prices (although it's been a few years since I ordered from matador)

http://store.matadorrecords.com/el-pintor

Im able to get media mail through Matador records. $4.14. For the deluxe version too

Godspeed are money hungry whores who don't live by their anarchist ideologies. I took the song title to be referencing that. The dudes use like a Will Smith status tour bus.

should probably do your research. More than one of the members have kids and they all share the tour bus.

 

 

documentary about band members that dont make alot of money. still trying to make music and tour even with kids.

Def put me down for a tiger and duke jacket.ill pay extra for a gatefold if that helps. They look awesome!

holy crap just got confirmation for The Twilight Sad Fourteen Autumns and Fourteens Winters Record store day UK Exclusive.shipped

 

had a really hard time finding this.only 500 copies

 

bought it from here

http://www.resident-music.com/productdetails&product_id=29839

PM'd  for sunny day/circa 7 inch

Im still looking for a copy if anyone has an extra or not wanting it anymore. PM me please and thanks

Awesome. I got you all on my list. We printed a test for the front and back last night but I realized there is a 10th track so we will add that to the track listing. It's going to be a gatefold with lyrics on the inside.

Can you add me to the list?!?!?! that looks so awesome.! i have the original cd.and i def prefer it over the reissue.def give us info when we need to pay and i will throw money down

so they ARE loops?

i edited it just incase this would happen lol.

its more like like layers of music.building on top of each other. similar to

 

 

how he plays something and loops it and places another loop on top of it. similar but the build is not as crazy and the song stays consistant after a while.so it feels like the layers of loops being layed out and then repeats .best way i could think of to explain.

 

The second song is different but i feel the same idea happens here as it did in the first song but a little different.

You'll def have to check it out to figure out if you'll like it

 

but they sound awesome.makes sense the way it was done.to create this vibe in the gallery while looking at the art.