copelandkid

i get real Maritime vibes (Human Hearts-era Maritime at least), love how deft and playful the arrangement is

per the descriptions of recent Bandcamp uploads of those two albums, looks like they're doing it via Boomkat. so they're definitely doing it with some luv n care

oh that's interesting. i for one specifically loved the guitar tones on the OG recording. went back and relistened yesterday, and honestly Party Song is just a wild trip of really unique guitar ideas and tones. very curious to hear the new version now.

tried getting into this a while back but couldn't get past the drums, both the playing and the unusually trebly/prominent mix. might give it another shot though, this vinyl presentation is sick!

honestly need to revisit these guys. remember liking the few songs i heard as a kid. never listened through an album though.

i like a few songs off this one. Party Song is vibes. really respect them making it, even if it never quite worked for me.

My copy of this just arrived! Seam split under the shrinkwrap despite having asked for them to open and ship outside the jacket 😕 What can you do...

It says "OBI Band" on the product pages...

you could buy the boxset and sell off the reissues individually maybe and recoup. house your original pressings in the box unless that defeats the purpose of the boxset for you i guess...

the false start has given me a bit of time to more clear-headedly go back and figure out which ones i HAVE to have in the collection and it's looking like LITSOS only. but i'm so stoked on it, have been looking for a cheap copy/reissue for half a decade at least. alarm set, ready 2 cop.

you can see a fair bit of it if you scroll up to @Terminator_Ham's recent post. all 3 LPs with original CD artwork, black vinyl (billed as "translucent" but i swear those guys confuse that word with opaque). slipmat, boxset, and i guess some apparel too.

did they just take down their entire FB??? i mean i get that the preoder links might have been put up inadvertantly but that seems like an overcorrection lol

oof well the wait for a reasonably priced LITSOS reissue continues...

don't see how they're gonna advertise them as the original studio albums with original artwork and then turn around and put live versions or w/e on them...

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/3170832612997485 ^^seems to be a box depicted there at the bottom, solid black with the same motif as the slipmat. usually a boxset represents a discount for buying everything at once but it's an extra $10? if so, hope it's more kickass a box than it looks lol.

yeah had the same thought. it's probably just a standard black 180g, especially if the mockups are any indication. a bit surprised we aren't seeing some colorways given how ubiquitous they are in the vinyl game for bands in and around this scene. also had the same thoughts on Underoath more or less. my favorite era. love the hooks of TOCS, and the innovation of the next two (esp LITSOS) were huge for me growing up. still return to LITSOS a good amount. peerless drumming. i have also come to really appreciate Disambiguation in retrospect.

honestly same, every pressing of this has been gorgeous (have the coke bottle) wish i could justify having them all

clear is sold out (temporarily?) at AK

shipping to the US is insane, hopefully they find a stateside distro partner.

yeah this was my suspicion and a quick look at the Thirtysomething instagram shows what might be a design element for the repress. keeping the heart motif, at least.

hopefully they use the original art this time!

yeah the red and orange both are kinda ass. one discogs commentor says they got a replacement red that plays thru fine, so my desparate ass ordered one just in case.... not counting on a miracle but it'd b nice

Nightmare experience with Music Direct Ordered a record, arrived with an 8" gash across the back of the jacket. Returned it with the assurance that the title was on backorder, but had to bug them for an update on the backordered record after two weeks of radio silence. Turns out, OOP. Shocker. Then tried to work out an exchange but they couldn't figure out the billing for the difference. Was told they'd refund me instead. Ok, cool. Received the refund, but it was only a partial refund... despite them being at fault for a defective item. Lesson learned, should've just filed a PayPal claim a month and a half ago lol.

not sure what shipping will run you to CAN, but Audika has copies direct from them. cheaper than record shops/distros, at least for a US buyer https://arthurrussell.bandcamp.com/album/iowa-dream

i do believe the Sunday's Best layout was done by an American, whereas this one was done by a German. in any case, yes, it is unfortunately the convention. bugs me immensely haha. shot from my bookshelf attached. not every single German publication ever is "upside down," some publishers or editions like to buck convention, but it's definitely the norm. all my german records are the same way too, there's not a wide enough stack of them for a proper photo though...