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Things could be worse. You could be the guy bidding $150+ on the bundle on Ebay and have a defective Act III inside. Which no one will exchange...

Things could be worse. You could be the guy bidding $150+ on the bundle on Ebay and have a defective Act III inside. Which no one will exchange...

On one hand, excited cuz it's a great album. On the other hand, considering how bad the Afterman albums sound on vinyl (easily the WORST sounding vinyl I have ever heard/owned), I'm definitely hesitant...

On one hand, excited cuz it's a great album. On the other hand, considering how bad the Afterman albums sound on vinyl (easily the WORST sounding vinyl I have ever heard/owned), I'm definitely hesitant...

Honestly, I think that's nonsense. Allow me to address this point for point...
1. Yes, the "storytelling" is far more complex and interesting in the Acts series vs. Migrant. Know why? Because Migrant is not a concept album the way that Acts 1-3 are. Common sense to anyone who understands varying genres/ways of writing music. TCS is also not a concept album persay (at least, not with a cohesive directed storyline...the EPs have in common just the fact that each is representing a color).
2). It's not "exploiting" the full potential of your talent (which isn't really a negative, how does one exploit his/her own talent?) to release an album that does a different thing, or tries to reach a different audience. Yes, maybe you didnt like Migrant as much as the Acts...I agree with that, and I think the Acts are stronger musically. But to say he doesn't try as hard just because this album is somewhat simpler and has a different feel...
3). No, you would not "coast" if you knew that people loved everything you did. What happens as a musician is you feel that much more pressure and work that much harder to create something that will interest the listener, change things up, take them by surprise, and inspire. The mentality for any musician I've ever heard of in this situation is not "Sweet, my last album did really well. I guess I can just put out whatever now". It's "Oh man, how do I top (previous album)?"
4). What "lack of quality" do you see in this release? The vinyl sounds fantastic. It's music, not a painting to hang on the wall. You got all the Act albums for $60 instead of spending $300-$400 on Ebay on older pressings. You don't like the artwork...that's not a "lack of quality", that's you not liking the photos chosen for the album art. And yes I agree the typos/lyric-sheet issues should've been caught, but none of us knew about those until we got the LPs in hand. So, it has nothing to do with us "eating it up" no matter what is released.
Anyway, I don't mean to come off as rude. It's just that I found this post particularly ridiculous. Casey is a tremendous musician, and holding a musician's current work up against what's considered their "masterpiece" will always be unfair and disappointing. I really don't know why people can't just enjoy things on their own merit. Migrant has a ton of great songs like Shame, An Escape, etc. Do I play it as much as the Acts and TCS? No. But do I think it means Casey's music is going downhill? Absolutely not. It's just a different album, and I have friends that think it's some of the best, most honest music he's written. It's just an alternate flavor of things for when you're in the mood for something different.
Just my two cents.

Ikea FTW. $65 and nice solid vinyl storage. Saved me a ton of space too from having the turntables on top.

Ikea FTW. $65 and nice solid vinyl storage. Saved me a ton of space too from having the turntables on top.

Honestly, I think that's nonsense. Allow me to address this point for point...
1. Yes, the "storytelling" is far more complex and interesting in the Acts series vs. Migrant. Know why? Because Migrant is not a concept album the way that Acts 1-3 are. Common sense to anyone who understands varying genres/ways of writing music. TCS is also not a concept album persay (at least, not with a cohesive directed storyline...the EPs have in common just the fact that each is representing a color).
2). It's not "exploiting" the full potential of your talent (which isn't really a negative, how does one exploit his/her own talent?) to release an album that does a different thing, or tries to reach a different audience. Yes, maybe you didnt like Migrant as much as the Acts...I agree with that, and I think the Acts are stronger musically. But to say he doesn't try as hard just because this album is somewhat simpler and has a different feel...
3). No, you would not "coast" if you knew that people loved everything you did. What happens as a musician is you feel that much more pressure and work that much harder to create something that will interest the listener, change things up, take them by surprise, and inspire. The mentality for any musician I've ever heard of in this situation is not "Sweet, my last album did really well. I guess I can just put out whatever now". It's "Oh man, how do I top (previous album)?"
4). What "lack of quality" do you see in this release? The vinyl sounds fantastic. It's music, not a painting to hang on the wall. You got all the Act albums for $60 instead of spending $300-$400 on Ebay on older pressings. You don't like the artwork...that's not a "lack of quality", that's you not liking the photos chosen for the album art. And yes I agree the typos/lyric-sheet issues should've been caught, but none of us knew about those until we got the LPs in hand. So, it has nothing to do with us "eating it up" no matter what is released.
Anyway, I don't mean to come off as rude. It's just that I found this post particularly ridiculous. Casey is a tremendous musician, and holding a musician's current work up against what's considered their "masterpiece" will always be unfair and disappointing. I really don't know why people can't just enjoy things on their own merit. Migrant has a ton of great songs like Shame, An Escape, etc. Do I play it as much as the Acts and TCS? No. But do I think it means Casey's music is going downhill? Absolutely not. It's just a different album, and I have friends that think it's some of the best, most honest music he's written. It's just an alternate flavor of things for when you're in the mood for something different.
Just my two cents.

I thought it might be fun to share stupid/funny moments we've had when we first discovered vinyl records and weren't as knowledgable as we are now. Here's mine:
About two weeks after I developed a passion for vinyl, I ran across an excellent condition copy of The Beatles' 'Yesterday and Today' at a garage sale for $5. Not knowing that the cover art back then was often pasted on (it was visible that the art was pasted on), I thought for a few days that I had purchased a Butcher cover album with a paste-over. Needless to say a quick showing of it to a knowledgable friend killed that pretty quickly...though I guess $5 for an excellent condition copy of the album is still a steal.
What's yours?

I thought it might be fun to share stupid/funny moments we've had when we first discovered vinyl records and weren't as knowledgable as we are now. Here's mine:
About two weeks after I developed a passion for vinyl, I ran across an excellent condition copy of The Beatles' 'Yesterday and Today' at a garage sale for $5. Not knowing that the cover art back then was often pasted on (it was visible that the art was pasted on), I thought for a few days that I had purchased a Butcher cover album with a paste-over. Needless to say a quick showing of it to a knowledgable friend killed that pretty quickly...though I guess $5 for an excellent condition copy of the album is still a steal.
What's yours?