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SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

SCANDAL! Can we ever trust Norma Jean again?! Should Cory be forced to step down?! Is Solid State secretly to blame?! Is this God punishing Norma Jean for saying dirty words?! Is this the end for the only band to ever LIE to their fans about shipping their vinylz?!?! Click here to find out!

I think TN/SS actively hates the fans of their bands.

I think TN/SS actively hates the fans of their bands.

Looks like people in Europe are getting them first. (The plant is in Czech). Of course the worst photo had to show up on discogs lol. 
 

 
A little annoyed its not quite like the mock up but i but I should be used to that with these places by now.  Still looks cool, no sign of the purple/white yet. 
 
 

Just for the record lest the pitchforks come out, the purple/white variant is exclusively Solid State's variant as well as the MerchNow store, what they do with it has no connection to us. The MerchDirect store however, is money that goes exclusively to us and the Red/Cream variant is ours. 

Normally I don't make stinks about this sort of thing. Taking a $30 plunge on a release from a long time favorite band of mine is fine, though I did hesitate for about a month because of the price. 
 
But the fact that I haven't even received mine, and now it's half the price? It feels a bit like a kick in the teeth to us who have been patiently waiting all of this time. It is what it is, I'm still thoroughly happy with my decision to support the band any way I can. I just wish things like this didn't happen I guess, which I don't think is too much to ask.

Kind of a piss off considering most of us haven't even received them yet :/

Finally listening to this. Never thought I'd say it, but maybe Jon should try less drugs.

Finally listening to this. Never thought I'd say it, but maybe Jon should try less drugs.

All tooken.

I think that's what stands out the most to me about Norma Jean in the sea of heavy bands over the last decade and a half. No two albums sound alike and I'm convinced every album is a masterpiece in its own way. It never feels like you guys "find your niche and stick to it" (August Burns Red is another titan of heavy music in my book, but they definitely found what they do best and have been hanging out in the same corner for 3 albums now) nor do anything patronizing. Every record sounds like you guys wanted to make the kind of music you love, and you love a lot of different music. I truly believe NJ will always be remembered as a 21st century icon.

Haha, no. I am Jeff. 
 
Cory and I have been the sole songwriters since Wrongdoers, before I joined Scottie was another, and he shined with tracks like Deathbed Atheist. We've tried to collar with him on both of the last records for fun but just haven't been able to make it happen schedule-wise. Cory pretty much wrote almost all of O'God by himself, I believe Daniel wrote pretendeavor, though. It'd be super easy to go back and write more chaotic stuff like that or Redeemer, as we both have a background in that type of music but it's just not as fulfilling to us as musicians at this point in time. Kind of a been there done that deal. My musical interest as far as heavy music goes is pretty much solely with bands like Neurosis, Cult Of Luna, Kowloon Walled City, etc etc for the last decade as it's sort of just more where we are as people. At the end of the day we can only write things we enjoy and feel strongly about and never worry about pleasing anyone else or how it compares to past records other than do we like it more, as any other way would be in my mind, business-driven and fake and what not. Can't please everyone, unfortunately haha. 

Sounds like Derek just... wanted a reaction. A reaction from you.

Sounds like Derek just... wanted a reaction. A reaction from you.

Sounds like Derek just... wanted a reaction. A reaction from you.

:|

Alright, label said they were gonna get MerchNOW the HQ files to send out. Not sure when but I'll be checking on it because 160 is fucking stupid. 

Also, the vinyl delay is a bummer but most recent update is early october now, not early november, we are planning on sending out info on it when it's solid and reliable.

We do have one, not sure what we are going to do with it just yet. It's a banger that didn't really fit the tone of the record so we scrapped it. But we do plan to use it for something, more than likely. Kind of an earlier song in the writing process that felt more like a Wrongdoers song.