Hello everyone... I must say, I'm stoked that we made it onto this board. As a vinyl collector, i must say, it's better to be noticed and spoken about than not being known about. I totally understand where you guys are coming from from the evaluating of the cost vs. desire to own Decomposer. Heres the thing. The Matches have always been about the product as a whole. So, the music first, lyrics, etc..but also the presentation. The art, videos, creative process. We have been fortunate to where the fan base has been amazing and dedicated to the entire experience of The Matches. So, with the double gatefold, that was part of the art presentation. If you owned Decomposer on CD, you would understand. So, to be able to put it on a vinyl and have the space to expand what was limited to the dimensions of a cd, we wanted it to be awesome. Adding the insert, that is pages from the note book that Shawn (Singer/writer) had as he was writing and creating Decomposer, we thought would be a good extra to have for the fans that love the art and words. For a 2nd disc, we really looked to try and find something that would attract and excite the core fan base (sounds like that's not a lot of you guys), but entering the creative development of Decomposer we saw as something they would be stoked on (so far, the response has been great from them). We put out our last album E Von Dahl Killed The Locals as a double album, because that album was made 2x..once as an indie DIY album, then when he band got signed to Epitaph, we recorded a couple more songs, remixed all of them and it was a different album from the original DIY version, so that was why that was 2 LP's. We only pressed 1000 (2 pressings of 500), because we weren't sure of what the fan base was. We sold out of the 1st pressing in 1 day, so put up another 500 (different colors) and those took longer than 24 hours, but ended up selling out. When I mentioned that EVDKTL was on ebay for $200, that was because, I don;t want our core fans to have to pay that much for something we charged far less. Lots of people held out and got stuck buying the marked up version. Don;t want that to happen this time. The last reason for the price, is that we create, press, package, ship and do everything on our own. To press a double LP, double gatefold with the 4 colors, labels, insert, etc..it's not cheap. We had to license the album master rights for this pressing, so it wasn't a freebie that we can just profit from. And Epitaph was generous and gracious enough to give us the opportunity. We are still a band with no label and, sure, don;t mind actually making something from this. I don't see anything wrong with that, but the purpose of that isn't the reason we make it. If it was, we would sell more than 1000. I feel comfortable with 1000 fans who want this album being willing to pay $40, because they are always happy with the final product and the feeling they get looking at it, listening, reading the liner notes, etc...
Maybe this helped explain it a little better. I have spent personally, a lot of $ on vinyl and if it's something I want, because of my love and dedication to the band, i don't mind paying. So, this album is really pressed for those people who share that feeling.
I'm not sure if Epitaph will be pressing a single, I think they might be and I'm sure that will be $20, I just don't know when as we won't be involved. They will just take the music and art and format to press.
Thanks for you time!!!
The Matches
Hey Travis! I'm sure this has been asked, but I can't find any recent threads. Do you have any info on anything by Panic! being repressed for HT any time soon?
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