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I figure I'll record the audio for myself, but I'd much rather have a proper full quality mixdown. Not sure why they wouldn't want to cash in on selling those to the folks who miss the shows.

That's how I understood it as well.

Where did you see this? I'm really curious about the livestreams and trying to get some more info before I spring for tickets. I'm a little on the fence about $15 for a one time 10 song set, but a download would help.

#1207, these are flat moving. Anybody else notice the lack of slipmat now?

Yep, "07.07.20 1200 Hours EST" per the email from the webstore.

I mean it's not terrible, but it always came across as a weird combo of generic and edgelord-y to me.

While I've always loved that these guys do different artwork for different versions of a release, I will agree that the original Define vinyl cover is their worst artwork since the original EPs (though Erase Me comes in a not too distant second). Ironically, I think the Special Edition artwork for this album is probably their best artwork next to the vinyl edition of Lost in the Sound. I've always thought it would make killer vinyl packaging.

Send a bra to James.

Same shop email address that sent the cancellation email. Maybe check your spam if you got the cancellation but not the update email.

I got the same email, it has some more information in it that I won't post publicly. It appears that, while they're cancelling our orders, we're at least still being given a 20-hour head start before this goes wide. For those who missed this "test", it appears the public release is 7/7 at noon EST.

Nope, too late, you showed your true colors, you're not a genuine fan, no box set for you.

This has honestly been such a wild, fun night. So curious to see how this turns out. I don't think they could've done an about-face from new live pressings to studio represses as a reactionary move with the kind of horrific red tape Capitol CMG is known for, though. Also: their Facebook is back up, but no shop tab and the links are still dead.

I'm sure it'll be back once they get sorted.

Just curious, my order number was 1004, what number did we get up to before this got shut down?

WELP sorry for sucking you all into this bizarre melodrama, folks.

...I'll be damned.

Not sure why the slip band would say "original release [date]" if it weren't the original recordings. That said, I wish the product photos could be enlarged so we could read what it says under "recorded by [producer]."

FYI, speaking of Erase Me, should anyone feel like doing some variant collecting, it looks like you can pick up the splatter or green for a cool $12 and the 7" set is 20% off these days.

They advertised the deluxe vinyl of Erase Me the same way and it is exactly 0% translucent. But hey, at least it sounds better than a half-starburst half-splatter tri-rainbow glitterbomb.

I had the same thought once I realized that three $25 records are being sold for $85. It may just be making up for the free shipping, though? I don't know, I really want more info on the box set. I mean, I ordered it immediately so I guess it doesn't matter, but I'm super curious anyway.

Edit #4: Confirmed on sale 7/7 at noon eastern via https://underoathobservatory.com. Edit #3: Answers allegedly forthcoming the morning of 7/3. However, we at least have confirmation that these are NOT live recordings. Edit #2: Thanks for tuning in to today's episode of bizarre vinyl adventures! All links are currently down and we have genuinely no clue what we're getting if we're getting anything! Hooray! Will we get some answers in the near future? In the immortal words of Mark Wahlberg in The Departed, "Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself." Weirdly sneaky, vague represses up on Facebook of all places. Looks like they're calling them "Observatory" represses, I guess going along with their recent series of reminiscent Twitch broadcasts? All I know is, get 'em while they're hot. All on "180g translucent black vinyl" with the original standard CD artwork plus a pressing-exclusive slip band. Box Set They're Only Chasing Safety Define the Great Line Lost in the Sound of Separation Plus a Slipmat No word on ship date. It appears the box set has free standard shipping, but the solo releases do not. Edit: Okay so apparently the tiny text on the slip band says "Exclusive series of 3 full albums performed in their entirety via livestream." Take that as you will.

I'm friends with him on Facebook and he seems to enjoy stirring the pot politically. I'm not surprised that he would post something like that, but I am surprised that he would be dumb enough to post something like that right now.

Just got to listen to this and it's worlds better than my noisy fourth pressing. Great dynamic range, I could really isolate the instruments. Bass was a real treat. Very happy to finally have this.

Also got mine today. The cover it's shrinkwrapped in has probably 1% smaller artwork, so there's slightly more red border. Honestly, though, I think I'm going to keep using that one because they both feel slightly pushed to the left, and the bigger border makes the left side feel less cramped. Not sure if everybody's misprint version is the same or if there's some variance, though.

Priced just a tad high but man I have waited for this so long. Hope it's as great quality as their last couple vinyl pressings have been. Top 10 album for me.