DecayToDeath

la realidad de los sueñDOS: now featuring the albums you already forgot just came out for a nice round 20LP set at a $100 markup from last time (supply chain am i right guys :()

On 4/17/2023 at 10:03 PM, Derek™ said:

I don't want to put words in Hooked's mouth, but the way I'm reading their post, it sounds like they'd just be swapping out the black copies for colored ones but keeping them in the boxset packaging, with all the extra bells and whistles.  I respect the lunacy there, but it still means you're only offering to snatch up his old black copies from the box once he upgrades them.  (I think.)

I guess, but the color variants are only 1LP so those would be frankenstein sets if you just put them in place of each album's first disc!

On 4/6/2023 at 8:40 PM, hookedonsonics said:

you can be a lunatic like me and consider swapping the boxset black lps out for the new colour variants...which has got to be the dumbest idea I've ever had

Down to buy yr boxset if that's your prerogative

18 hours ago, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Amazon has them up for PO, I'm sure it'll be widely available elsewhere as well.

Aye thank you, I'm ok with that. Not from Amazon, but from somewhere else for sure. Playable copy is all Jenny needs!

straight up didn't know this was happening cuz the boards were down, oops. hope extras went around to other retailers or  there'll be another run or something, i sold my old copy forever ago when i needed to pay a medical bill

7 hours ago, gutterball1 said:

ohhh.  thats really messed up of you guys to do that to a ma and pop business.  dont be such a cheapo and just pay the chump change it cost to ship or just go to a bullmoose store and pick it up yourself.

2 hours ago, tokimedo said:

finally stoked for a good sounding copy of this record, cause $RC did not do it justice. 

Near Mint records tend to have poor mastering in my experience so I wouldn't get yr hopes up

10 hours ago, Derek™ said:

*Solace repress and C:D press, right?  At least with Solace, it exists and you can chase it down on vinyl if you want to shell out.  It’d be so nice to have SOS and C:D on the shelf someday, though.

They were in the works before Mylene had their internal drama / meltdown and completely dissolved.  Such a damn shame.  Those 2 albums and the couple of LPs from Evpatoria Report are probably the biggest “maybe someday…” wishlist records from my post-rock years.

Yeah that's what I meant, I knew Solace existed it's just prohibitively expensive and may as well not exist! If anybody has a connect with those dudes, give 'em my contact I guess lol. Otherwise, let's just hope the new album yields old reissues.

2 hours ago, Shelby said:

Also holy shit was that Mylene Sheath meltdown wild. Probably the weirdest and most incompetent label dissolution I've seen in my life. And that includes Mightier Than Sword.

I didn't catch any of TMS' shit, what happened there

jfc how did c:d and solace never happen? someone tell these guys that i’ll straight up do it for them and they can keep all the profit, i just want em to exist at this point 

good god i thought it was a digital gift card for your account thats insane lol

3 minutes ago, xchemicalx said:

Sandbag is the worst. You’ll never hear back from them.

Oh my god yeah they are the absolute worst, I ended up having to make an international call to their UK office to have a higher-up in their offices email someone from the warehouse to send me the record I ordered that never arrived 

1 hour ago, Scruffy...the janitor said:

In line for merch, records are “limited” to five per person and there is like 1000 people in line. And it just started raining. This should be fun…

Shot you a DM cuz I couldnt get a ticket to the show and im desperate for that exclusive lol

the insert spells the album title wrong, like i get maybe having a typo in the lyrics but the biggest goddamn font across the entire spread literally says SUFFOACTING HALLUCINATION

16 hours ago, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ said:

If that ever happens I will drive/fly/run to upper darby to put my order in person

It's confirmed to be happening, it's when and how tolerant the site will be that are variables at this point

12 hours ago, Iggy_Pilot said:

I own the German pressing. The mastering is fantastic. Very dynamic, depth and a great soundstage. Very recommended.

Was about to ask if I could borrow it to do a rip and compare but then saw that you're also located in Germany...might not be worth the nearly $100 round-trip shipping haha

not that i care what pitchfork thinks but i was googling the album to see what the actual anniversary would be and saw their review of it for the first time, which is fucking awful. props to @scottheisel for recognizing perfection right out of the gate, on the other hand.

28 minutes ago, porkdad said:

I mean they did the first repress on color last year with no bells/whistles, so that's just confusing how this is a "20th anniversary pressing" besides the convenient timing lol.

 

Although... if the mockup is true, this would the first US pressing where it's zoomed-in artwork? Like my CD copy where it folds over onto the other side of the jacket. The other US presses have the full artwork on the front jacket. Boom. Now you all have to own this copy.

I'm almost certain that's just lazy mockup on their part. Zoomed out artwork is better anyway 😜

Just now, dawhizz said:

This is where I’m at as well. I’m all for repressing great albums (and this sure qualifies) but if you giving me a repress of an album that is pretty easy to obtain currently, I need more than a different color to sell me. I could be wrong, but I don’t get the sense there’s a large contingent of Weakerthans variant collectors eager to gobble this up. Most people who want to own this album probably already do. 

I might grab it and swap it for my black one if I didn't already do that when the brooklynvegan et al exclusives happened. Also can we get an actual reunion or something? I'd even settle for another solo JKS tour

39 minutes ago, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Haha, I can get behind these kinds of represses for sure. That said, as someone who has owned all of this bands records for some time, I may have gone in for some added fun stuff.

I was about to say the same thing...if it's a band I don't know by heart then sure regular repress but maaaaaan these guys' discography were so scant with any extra b-sides, demos, or anything besides what made it on to file sharing sites that I was really hoping for some bonus stuff when I clicked on the thread. Shit, I've probably listened to reconstruction site four times already this week, so I was caught by surprise with it!

17 hours ago, Twistedshabazz said:

Has anyone bought from them before? The majority of the reviews for the site are abysmal. 

They frequently have sales on backordered items that may never get restocked, but as long as it says it's in stock, it'll be fine in my experience. Just be careful about listings like that.

5 hours ago, aopps42 said:

Unsolved up for order on Numero Group, but at $40 shipped, guff 

 

https://numerogroup.com/products/karate-unsolved

 

 

Yeah all their 2LPs have been $35 for the last yearish, price jump due to increasing cost and the fact that everything they do uses tip-on packaging with inserts/printed inners/a book/something else, on top of probably offsetting the cost of labor involved in research and archive digging.

On 2/28/2023 at 7:35 AM, Sad Heart said:

Too bad USPS tracking is down right now. Haha. 
 

Says it’ll be here Saturday. A nice treat. 

Tracking is down?

9 hours ago, nyhi said:

Leftover merch, a bundle including the tape for $30

https://numerogroup.com/products/numero-twenty-merch-pack

Also confirms it's unreleased, sweet!

Does anyone know/recognize this song? Full story/explanation + rip download in the video description, but tldr, this is the only track on the Numero Twenty cassette that I can't find prior existence of in any capacity. So, does anybody know this one?