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  1. US shipping from Waste is insane. XL is normal prices, with Media Mail included.
  2. Take one for the team and be the guy who asks about the status of the reissues
  3. This is it. Viper room is acoustic solo sets from Billy (Adore material) and James (Let it Come Down material).
  4. Really on the fence with this one... Will it sell out? Yes. Will secondary prices be stupid? Yes. Will I listen to it enough to justify $100 on a 2xLP? Questionable. Do I want to support $100 2xLP pricing? No. Do I want it? ...yes
  5. https://madamezuzus.com/collections/remy-tapes JC is signing the autographed version, but the price jumped because of it. Shipping prices suck. Actual prices suck too...
  6. I remember Mike saying it was their biggest effort to hit commercial success. Music for a Nurse was on an Orange commercial, Meredith was featured in the show The OC. There was a big push to get them into the mainstream. When it wasn’t successful, they said fuck it and made Frames as a response.
  7. Got mine yesterday, listened tonight but at somewhat of a low volume. Overall the sound is nice. It’s a great live mix that has the bass a little heavy and the drums punchy and up in the mix. The vocal performance, which is always questionable for Billy in those days, is a pretty solid and consistent one. The vinyl is heavy, has a nice blue/red/purple marbling. One of my discs has tapered edges and one is flat. The flat edge one feels a bit heavier as well, which is a bit weird. The sleeve is a good quality, nice printed photo on the cover, back design leaves a bit to be desired. Otherwise, it feels a bit sparse for such a high priced release. There’s no insert, no upgraded inner sleeves, or really anything to warrant the price tag. $50? Maybe. But $80? No. Will I buy the next one? Probably. I’m a sucker.
  8. Also, it looks like they set up a section where BC is selling some of his record collection. https://madamezuzus.com/collections/wpc-vinyl-vault
  9. Next release will be "The Rubano Tapes Vol. 1". Recorded between 1988-1991 - two open air mics were used. It will feature "18 songs of never before heard versions of future SP classics and as was often the case in the band's early years, songs performed but once." Preorders will be open on April 4th at https://madamezuzus.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbvaDLmp2GY/?utm_medium=copy_link
  10. He's been talking a little bit about it on both Instagram and Facebook, but really only started today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfmwqSspfN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I remember him talking about this happening a while ago, maybe on his Patreon or something. I just didn't know it was dropping now.
  11. Mike seems to think there will be 5000 pressed, which should make these easy to come by. It also sounds like a lot of local shops will be getting them.
  12. Beggars just posted there will be more stock allocated today. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbc3KuDrvby/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
  13. I just grabbed all the nice stuff you had in yours. Team work
  14. Beggars is finally reissuing Oceansize's second LP, Everyone Into Position. Outside of a MOV reissue, this has been out of print for a long time. Preorders are live and should be shipping in June (so they say). Not a bad price given the current pricing of 2xLPs. https://arkivestore.beggars.com/everyone-into-position Manchester rock band OCEANSIZE built a career and reputation of constructing sonic soundscapes from out of nowhere into the most monolithic, dynamic behemoths heard in aeons. The band formed in 1998 and released four albums before calling it a day in 2011. They gained favorable comparisons in the press to bands like Mogwai, Tool, Nirvana, Jane’s Addiction, My Bloody Valentine, Can, and Faith No More among others. Oceansize challenged themselves and thus by the same token ensured the listener doesn't become comfortable while listening. And let's face it, - comfortable is, after all, boring. Everyone Into Position was Oceansize’s second studio album and saw the band scale new heights of grandiose with ethereal and utterly captivating music that is brooding, dark, spacey, empowering, sprawling and at times angelic. Beggars Arkive will be reissuing it on June 3rd. The double album will be pressed on splattered yellow vinyl. Taking its title from the band's observations of how apathetic the world was becoming in 2005 and the pseudo-caring mentality that was sweeping the nation at that time, Everyone Into Position is an album that explores every emotion, sweeping the listener up in its beauty, its wholeness and musical greatness. The album was recorded and produced by Dan Austin at The Works Studio in Stockport, UK and mixed at Sarm Studios, London, by Coldplay producer Danton Supple. The Soundgarden-esque opener “The Charm Offensive” tells of an inner feeling of political corruptness. “Heaven Alive” - is packed with a new-found groove, and deals with drug taking and the verbal bullshit that transpires. But it's the final three songs on the album that are arguably some of Oceansize's most brilliant moments. Described by the singer Mike Vennart as the 'church suite' - listen to “Mine Host”, “You Can't Keep A Bad Man Down” and “Ornament / The Last Wrongs” collectively and you understand just what Mike means. From the simplicity of “Mine Host”, through to the crushing, middle finger to the world angst of “You Can't Keep..” through to the hymn-like closer, it's the ultimate climatic finale on any modern rock album. “…good music is often difficult because it forces the listener to make connections rather than just giving everything away on the first listen. Such is the case with this release, and repeated listens yield rewards. What, on first listen, sound like sprawling and unwieldy compositions coalesce into beautifully-orchestrated chaos.” - POPMATTERS Effloresce is still available too - for $20 no less. https://arkivestore.beggars.com/effloresce
  15. I nabbed the last ticket at my local shop. They had been open for about 3 hours when I got there.
  16. The Smile (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner) have been teasing this for a few days. A limited, one-time press of The Smoke/You’ll Never Work in Television Again 7” will be available by lottery ticket starting 3/12 at various record stores around the world. Free tickets, you just have to grab one. https://www.thesmiletheband.com/smoke7lottery
  17. Would love to get the first track list released.
  18. It was a great chance to print liner notes and a cool write up about the decade of the band's history in UV gloss or something like that. Still black, still plays with the schtick, but is something other than blank pages.
  19. The first comment on Discogs. I'm still having a hard time with all of this fluffy marketing copy. It's, at this point, pretty fucking deceptive. And that "10 page booklet" felt like a legit slap in the face. Recorded in the modern-legendary Rhode Island studio Machines with Magnets, Seth Manchester manages to capture the sound of a room, the sound of machines and the sound of existence in an invitation to meditation. The piece on side A borrows from Cage’s 4’33”, demanding attention to the sound around you. Manchester captures the sound of guitar amplifiers, body movement and room resonance masterfully, making the listener feel transported to the room. Side B, on its double groove, presents an interpretation of Nothing’s 2010 demo played back in the live room, melted into a beautiful resonated drone. While this record may not be what most Nothing fans expected from a celebration of Nothing’s ten year successful career, it is a daring project that questions the meaning of music and sound, while being appropriate to the bands name - this is what Nothing sounds.
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