Eliminator Jr.

7 hours ago, AdamJNovak said:

I know this probably isnt the place to put it, but anyone care to give any insight on the clear pressing of TDAG from music on vinyl? Found one for $50. Read on discogs that there's some skipping issues? 

Have a clear, my gf has it on black. We listened to both multiple times and none have any issues whatsoever.

7 hours ago, Kanellos said:

Stick to the Triple Crown Pressings. MOV's are pretty bad pressings and they have the stupid sticker on the cover.

How many MOV pressings do you own? I'm not saying they're the best thing ever, but I have around 30ish releases of theirs and none had any problems whatsoever.  Also the sticker is not on the cover, it's on the resealable outer sleeve.

10 hours ago, dawhizz said:

Finally had the chance to give this a good listen this week and, man, its lives up to the hype and is weirdly accessible ( especially in comparison to Daisy, which I also love), to the extent that I think it gets not only a Pitchfork review, but the exceptionally rare (for an "emo" band) Best New Music score.

Yup. 8.3 + BNM

It's not a well kept secret that splatter/haze/swirl and whatnot variants tend to have more playback problems than black or clear/translucent colored variants, but that fact doesn't necessarily render any of the 'clickbait'-variants redundant. I prefer nice playback, others prefer nice looks. It's fine. 

2 hours ago, chicomak said:

I buy vinyl for the collector factor, as I really don't have time to sit and listen to a record front to back.

Do you also spend thousands of dollars on hi-fi gear and then stream MP3s from your phone to a Bluetooth speaker?

9 minutes ago, ASSARTOSE said:

Artwork.Is.Stolen.

8 minutes ago, CVHX said:

damnit! missed both cool variants.

Don't drag yourself down, but rather cherish the fact that you get to choose between the variants that are actually enjoyable, sound wise. Not living in the US, I do it all the time

6 minutes ago, The Saint said:

Clear (Indie exclusive)

That's the one.

We all agree this threat is for memes, right?

With a wide array of opaque colored vinyl (which I hate with a passion), I'm sure glad black is the least annoying one to get my hands on. Locally on release day it is, then. 

Is that socially inapt turdbag named David Bello still a part of this?

On 8.7.2017 at 7:19 PM, coreystevens88 said:

On this fine Saturday afternoon today,  I am left wondering:

 

"will Weakling - 'Dead as Dreams' EVER see a vinyl repress, or am I going to have to drop $500 for a first press someday?"

I've had this in my wantlist for about six or seven years and watched the prices rise from around $200 to fucking $500 in that time. Come on..

4 hours ago, Derek™ said:

Do people actually do this?

I do every now and then. That is, I exclusively own 7"s that are necessary for me to have, for them being the only option to listen to a particular set of songs on a tangible format. Mostly lots of Midwestern Emo or Dischord stuff and there were lots and lots of bands back then hiding real gems on singles, like Mineral, Texas Is The Reason, Rites Of Spring, Fugazi etc. There's little current examples for me, but Grouper's latest 7" is a huge one, sporting two favorites out of her entire output yet.

Back on topic, this particular single could hardly be any less relevant to my interests. Not only is it beyond me just why this release needs to exist, since both songs are out there and well known to arrive on the full-length. I fail to see any value besides completions sake and 'gotta catch 'em all'. Which is fine, I just don't care. 

Also I, just like Derek, am peculiar about preview songs and singles of albums I'm confident about enjoying as soon as they make their way round. The National have at least four great albums under their belt and I don't foresee them letting me down this time. Hence, I didn't listen to them once. 

Just recently (two days ago, in fact) I thought that a new Godspeed record is what I need to happen. That written teaser gathers just about everything I admire about them, besides the actual music. 

Also GY!BE playing the variant game would equal Fugazi reuniting to play greatest hits shows in arenas opening for Coldplay and U2. Might happen, but really rather won't.

I'm active over there, too! Vinyl only, my life is too boring to be archived:

https://www.instagram.com/eliminator.jr/

Super excited. 

So who else is ready to talk about how great this set is sounding? I'm floored.

31 minutes ago, PookdaddyG said:

Got my blue! 

Cool any pics? How's it sound? 

Here's hoping white is not retail. 

Here's a copy of you. 

There was this distro guy from XL in the store I work at today and asked how many copies we wanted of the blue variant. With this thread in the back of my head I was like "Huh? There's any left after direct preorder?" and he was acting like there's a gazillion copies out there to be distributed to indie stores all around the globe. For what it's worth, there might be some serious false scarcity going on right now. I might be wrong, though. 

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1 hour ago, YouTwo said:

What's going on?

Just about everyone getting seriously caught up about a preorder to an album that has been in print since, what? Forever? That and approx. a hundred new users joining in on the fun. It's a good read.

Screw your yellowgreenbanana-ish records, here comes the clear vinyl master race:

@tape Get laid in the evening and make that your groundhog day.

Luckily I was. I was ready to keep at least one of those three in my discogs wants for ages and never buy it, but things worked out like a charm.