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7 minutes ago, N8TRU said:

 

I just sold my copy for less than $20 on Discogs. I didn't think anyone wanted it that bad. The first press took years to sell and eventually got marked down to $5.

Yeah, I checked Discogs to see if it had ever been pressed and saw I could get a copy for like 25 right now. I'm not a big fan of picture discs. I'm guessing that's a factor for a lot of other people as well.

Fingers crossed for Cinematic Sunrise next.

Damn, would gladly trade my Hot Topic bone white variant with anyone who grabbed that pink with blue splatter 😁

8 minutes ago, JustSchwimmer said:

What exactly are they going to do to prevent seam splits 100% of the time? They happen regardless of mailer type, the only way to prevent them is to open the record and ship it outside of the sleeve however then it's not "new" anymore.

Every album I've ordered from them has had a seam split. I would much prefer them shipping the record outside of the sleeve. Labels do it all the time with their new releases. 🤷‍♂️

19 hours ago, tokimedo said:

got my VMP purple in, with the most GNARLY seam split on the top of the jacket... its like fully blown out.

 

now the question is, do i contact them and ask for a replacement? im not a VMP member but got the member shipping price and all that lol. 

Mine has a big seam split as well. Seems like a company whose entire business model is centered around shipping vinyl to its customer shouldn't be having this problem.

aaaaaand it's gone!

On 5/18/2017 at 8:28 PM, Sunshine said:

Mine is color vinyl. That's crazy that it affects all three discs, are you sure it's not your stylus? To get 3 separate defective discs like that is close to being a miracle. 

I thought the same thing. My stylus is pretty old. It doesn't happen on any of my other records though. After I posted this I also cleaned an absurd amount of dust off them and it got a little better. Still a lot of pops during high volume parts of the songs. I've been meaning to replace my cartridge anyway.

On 5/12/2017 at 2:52 PM, Sunshine said:

I just did and it was great. It definitely works much better than I thought it would as far as being listenable is concerned.

 

Also for those wondering this is a perfect pressing I'd love to know which plant they used. I didn't hear a single crackle or pop throughout all three LPs and the 7". Sounds like live music.

Really? Mine is cracking and popping like crazy. Maybe because its the color vinyl. Thank god everything else in the box is so great, because the three LPs are nearly unlistenable.

On 4/25/2017 at 7:40 AM, TheWindBlower said:

This album isn't nearly as bad as some of you guys are making it out to be. A few duds, but there's still a few really great tracks on here.

I like it a lot more upon second listen. Your Jokes Aren't Funny, Call Me Anti-Social, Happy Being Miserable, Barbed Wire, and Short and Sweet are the standouts for me.

Also just got my Yellow variant today. Looks great, haven't listened to it yet.

I think Chad is writing most of them now, maybe Jordan too. I know in an interview right before Resurrection Chad said that they were all contributing to the lyrics.

21 minutes ago, mmhmm said:

Been listening and can't make up my mind about how I feel about the album as a whole.  The production on it is amazing.  The songs are definitely New Found Glory...reminds me a little of Radiosurgery but with electronic elements/synths thrown in.  

I feel the same way. It's so synth heavy. It's fun but it's not their best. I really liked Resurrection, particularly the first 5 songs, so I was caught off guard during my first listen. I also really, really like Happy Being Miserable and was expecting that to be indicative of the rest of the album, which it clearly isn't. Hopefully it grows on me.

I think It has some of their most cringe-worthy lyrics yet though.

So uh, has anyone else listened to the leak yet? The Sound of Two Voices is....interesting.

7 minutes ago, bradrobins0n said:

I got the t-shirt version... it helped justify the price for me

agreed. The vinyl on it's own totaled $40 and change while the bundle was $51 for me.

I'm not a variant collector but enough of a completist that I have the Greatest Hits splatter, but even I laughed and said "Fuck no" when I saw that shipping cost.

Someone had BCR for sale on Discogs for 49.99. I put it in my cart and clicked Place Order, but in the 10 seconds it took me to do that, somebody else got it first.

The universe really doesn't want me to have this record, or at least wants me to pay an obscene amount of money for it.

On 3/8/2017 at 3:47 PM, travis said:

Definitely no black vinyl for this. 

Wouldn't be surprised to see a few copies go back up online at some point. 

You're giving me hope.

The customer service rep I just talked to on the phone told me he had no idea when, if at all, it would be back in stock. He only said that if the page still exists for the vinyl, there's a possibility it could go back in stock, but if the page is completely removed, it's done.

I said it in the blink splatter thread and I'm kind of half joking, but if any die-hard blink collector out there wants to trade for the first press purple California I will definitely trade my copy, or if anyone has an extra copy of this, please PM me!

Will trade my first press purple California for this, or if anyone has an extra copy please PM me!

God dammit.

I saw the $35 price on that bundle and thought "Wow, an actually reasonable vinyl + t-shirt bundle price!"

Then I got to the shipping cost. SMDH.

The reaction to my Icky Trump shirt around my small Indiana town has been about what you'd expect. A lot of dirty looks and murmuring. No confrontations yet though!

On 10/4/2016 at 9:28 AM, firefoxussr said:

That would explain some things but not others, plainly because other sampled records are released on CDs which are a physical medium.

Yeah but are you referencing independent artists or do they have labels supporting them?

On 9/23/2016 at 3:54 PM, anightdrive said:

Blonde has a great chance of seeing a physical release now that Frank is independent.

Very doubtful. He'd have to secure clearance for the samples he used if he wanted to do a physical release. Considering he sampled both Stevie Wonder and The Beatles (twice), I really doubt we're going to see a physical release of blond anytime soon. It's the same reason Chance the Rapper has never done physicals for his stuff.

Just now, cantdance said:

So glad to finally have this ordered, can't wait to get it in!

Finally having this ordered feels sweeter than potatoes and molasses.

On 7/25/2016 at 10:23 PM, ChasHawk said:

Their set at Warped kinda sucked, imho.

Yeah, The Anthem was fun, but they seemed really disengaged for the rest of the set.

Sum 41, on the other hand, was fucking outstanding. Were you at Tinley Park?

3 hours ago, one8two said:

Anyone have an unwanted purple they'd like to palm off? Missed the initial preorder and don't really want to shell out $75 to include two other variants I already have...

I might. I saw the HT variant and snagged it since every other blink album (with the exception of TOYPAJ) I own is HT splatter, I couldn't resist completing my collection. The upper left corners of the sleeve and jacket of my purple are badly bent, which really bums me out, so if I do decide to part with it, it will probably be relatively cheap. I'll let you know.