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Has anyone been to a show on the recent tour yet and know what the merch is like and if they are selling any vinyl copies of GLOW ON ?

copies are running low at forced exposure and it is back up to the normal price . stream the digital version of the album here if you haven't already: https://imaginarysoftwoods.bandcamp.com/album/annual-flowers-in-color-2020-remaster

Nice review of this record on Pitchfork ! https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/imaginary-softwoods-annual-flowers-in-color/ The vinyl is still available from Forced Exposure and is currently on sale for $14.88 plus shipping. Now would be a great time to buy it if you can and have some money to spare. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/imaginary-softwoods-annual-flowers-in-color-lp/AS.026LP.html

yeah - my copies sold out pretty quickly but you should see them in shops (hopefully) within the next month or two as they get them from Forced Exposure. Also for anyone else interested, this can be streamed on bandcamp here : https://imaginarysoftwoods.bandcamp.com/album/annual-flowers-in-color-2020-remaster

IMAGINARY SOFTWOODS ANNUAL FLOWERS IN COLOR Vinyl Version does include a download code for the LP + extra tracks. vinyl available from Amethyst Sunset Bandcamp and Forced Exposure Kompakt "Time is absolute garbage . . . But here's the thing: given enough time, your friends are going to keep making records, you're going to keep listening to them, and if you're lucky, some of them are going to seep into the cracks of your day-to-day . . . Since its initial appearance as a private press double cassette in 2016, Annual Flowers in Color has been exactly this sort of talisman for me. More to the point, it's also the closest thing to a definitive statement in the twelve-year history of John Elliott's Imaginary Softwoods and a no-brainer on the thinking head's shortlist of Elliott's most essential releases, alongside Outer Space's Akashic Record (Events: 1986-1990)(SP 019LP, 2012), Emeralds' Solar Bridge (2008) and What Happened (EMEGO 109LP, 2010), Mist's House (SP 004CD/LP, 2011), Lilypad's Capacitor (2008), Colored Mushroom and the Medicine Rocks' self-titled LP (2010), and Quiet Light Water Gap's Live at the Delaware County VFW Hall (2010). While each of these projects draws from the same reservoir of glittering pinpoint riffcraft and homespun surrealism and each reflects in its own fashion the awareness that a certain undercurrent of lurid horror is essential to all authentically psychedelic music, Imaginary Softwoods has always been distinguished in its relationship to a particular decades-long chain of private press loner music, or chamber music for shut-ins. You wouldn't necessarily be wrong to call Annual Flowers in Color 'deeply personal,' but that almost misses the point . . . it's handmade, human-scale domestic ritual music the making of which is inseparable from the sense in which it's been 'lived in.' . . . Above all, Annual Flowers in Color is an absolutely gorgeous, perfectly weathered, subtly strange record. It's exactly the thing you're thinking of when you think 'I want to hear really killer polysynths and tape delay,' but it's also much more, glistening with distended reflections of Steve Roach and Stapleton, ringing with simultaneous sublimated echoes of the dorkiest and most expensive French mellotron prog and the most incandescent cheap heat from the $2 exotica bin, and dripping with the 'as above, so below' that characterizes synthesizer records at their best. It's both a welcoming point of entry for the uninitiated and a sticky, seductive cut deep enough to envelop any heads seeking a way station on the search for the apocryphal second volume of Cosmos Farm Sessions." --Chris Madak (Philadelphia, February 2020)

official video for Butterlfy Medicine from Vision Upon Purpose Vinyl and cassette are still available from Forced Exposure

Now available to pre-order is Mark McGuire's Vision Upon Purpose Mark McGuire returns with Vision Upon Purpose. Continuing a process that began in 2015 with the birth of the beloved one, Vision Upon Purpose sees magic brought directly into 3D reality, bringing new adventures into being with a new sight and new purpose; this will be the toughest and most beautiful road yet. These are warm, electric soul rainbow songs for the elders -- past, present, and future. All songs written by Mark McGuire utilizing electric and acoustic guitar along with guitar, synthesizer, bass, and vocals. Previously released on CD in Japan, Amethyst Sunset present the limited-edition vinyl version as well as cassette. Ships out first week of September. Vinyl is in an edition of 350. - 100 copies on color (available only through Amethyst Sunset) - 250 on black *Vinyl copies include a download card. Cassette is an edition of 100 copies. *Cassette copies do not include a download card, but the cassette does have three additional tracks not on the vinyl version. The vinyl and cassette are available to pre-order now through www.amethystsunset.net Vinyl and cassette also available to order from Forced Exposure Vinyl also available in the United Kingdom from Norman Records Digital version of Vision Upon Purpose is available on Bandcamp

Hi, Recent Amethyst Sunset cassettes from Dominic Coppola and Theodore Schafer that might interest you guys.. Theodore Schafer - Topiary "Two impressionist pieces composed in Ann Arbor are a memory of a time before leaving a home." Dominic Coppola - Swoon Season "Ann Arbor resident Dominic Coppola presents beautiful drone to get you through the autumn" www.amethystsunset.net

cool! thanks! catching a show next month. looking forward to it

is that a tour shirt ? what other kind of merch did they have ?

some of you may be into this : everyday loneliness - "pretender" very chill ambient drone piece from the lp "false validations" released by amethyst sunset.

I have a few copies of this LP for sale if you are interested 1 x 1st pressing: Gray w/no labels (limited to 770) 1 x 4th Pressing: Purple (limited to 3) - comes with the no idea slip that indicates 1 / 3 1 x 4th Pressing: Green No labels 1 x 4th Pressing Gray Mix 1 x 4th Pressing Green 1 x 4th Pressing Navy Blue (limited to 22) make me an offer.

anyone interested in a sealed copy of planet of ice on clear with gold splatter from the second pressing? $18.00 ppd in the us. if so, message me at wirrzbow at gmail dot com thanks !

the thrash sabbatical box from deathbomb arc? that's not actually kevin sheilds from my bloody valentine. its eva aguila. the stuff she does solo is under the name kevin shields.

just wanted to post about a record some of you may be interested in. sean mccann - "sincere world" "Listening to new work from Sean McCann is always an exciting prospect. Go far back into this young pioneer's catalog and you'll without a doubt uncover a collection of music as diverse as it is long. What you may also notice is the consistency with which Sean portrays himself. His music is always fearless, frank and personal. Sincere World is another turn toward Sean's signature earnestness. Open Resolve and The Capital, both cleverly laced with swirling filter manipulation and confounding superimposition of manic and sloth-like compositions, exposed us to a more playful side of McCann's persona. These works are on the surface a bit zany, but deeper down they still maintain a charming character—something that draws the listener in magically. Sincere World is the somber younger brother to these two. Sincere World is adrift on Badalamenti-like lethargy, skeptical of the world around and unsure of what to do about it. But despite his bashfulness, he is every bit as charming and perhaps even more so, for there are no rough edges on him. In six movements, Sean takes us from under the bed to behind the bleachers and finally, to the bottom of the sea. Recorded mostly in 2009, Sincere World has after two years in hiding, finally mustered the audacity to come out into the open. This is the world Sean McCann lives in, and I want to do everything I can to live there too." - Michael Jantz video for over the stars (there is rest) viewable here - http://vimeo.com/17018521 sound sample of the track "academy hall" here - http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/sean-mccann-academy-hall available both on vinyl and compact disc. the compact disc version contains two additional tracks not included on the vinyl version. LP tracklisting 1. i've seen your face before 2. acadamy hall 3. transplanted heart 4. over the stars (there is rest) 5. deep sea divers 6. removed ++ CD tracklisting 1. i've seen your face before 2. acadamy hall 3. transplanted heart 4. over the stars (there is rest) 5. deep sea divers 6. removed 7. glade 8. devotion ++ this is a pre order. copies will be shipping out the last week of november. available to purchase here: http://amethystsunset.net/sincereworldpreorder.html

lolwut Tyler doesn't sample at all. Odd Toddlers from "BASTARD" has a sample in it . Though, I'm not exactly sure what thewmatic is referring to with this My guess is that they are referring to the Radical mixtape which is pretty much all samples.

the clear / white mix imaginary softwoods vinyl is now sold out. all remaining orders will be on clear vinyl. -

I've seen a few people mention Emeralds on here before, so I figured I'd mention a new LP from Imaginary Softwoods (John of Emeralds solo ) now available for preorder; http://www.amethystsunset.net Imaginary Softwoods - "The Path of Spectrolite" LP HNY - "Here You Can Touch The Sky" LP ++ Imaginary Softwoods - The Path of Spectrolite The Path of Spectrolite is the latest full length recording from Imaginary Softwoods. Early comments have praised this album and state that while this recording retains some if the icy drone sound from some previous Softwoods release, this is a great progression and a bit more active. An extremely beautiful album entirely of sounds created by synthesizer and voice, this is an essential piece of the Imaginary Softwoods discography that you are sure to love. Pressed in an edition of 535. 150 on a clear / white mix and the remaining 385 on clear . http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/imaginary-softwoods-eye-color $13.00 + shipping, which if ordering alone, breaks down to ; $16 ppd USA $19 ppd Canada $26 ppd Rest of World Shipping the last week of May ++ HNY - Here You Can Touch the Sky Very excited to be able to present the vinyl issue of HNY's "Here You Can Touch The Sky". Over the past few years, HNY has released some stellar cassettes through Ranky Tanky, Not Not Fun, and Goaty Tapes when finding some free time from shredding with Social Junk. Here You Can Touch The Sky is a half hour full of haunting guitar + vocal work that was released in 2008 through Ranky Tanky and is now ready to shine on vinyl. This record collects all the songs from the original cassette release and includes one previously released instrumental. Limited to 500 copies on clear with orange splatter with a printed 11x11 insert with lyrics. http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/hny-hot-like-the-sun $13.00 + shipping, which if ordering alone, breaks down to ; $16 ppd USA $19 ppd Canada $26 ppd Rest of World Shipping the last week of May ++ May 2011 preorder special Purchase both now for a total of $26 ppd USA, $32 Canada, $39, Rest of World. Still available from Amethyst Sunset; keith fullerton whitman / mike shiflet - "070325 b/w 080409" lp $13.00 + shipping mist - "glowing net" lp $13.00 + shipping providien - "followed by a wraith" lp $13.00 + shipping if you would like to order any of these three titles along with the new releases, just add; $10.00 to the "May 2011 preorder special" prices above if you are in USA. $11.00 to the "May 2011 preorder special" prices above if you are in Canada. $13.00 to the "May 2011 preorder special" prices above for the rest of the world. the paypal buttons on http://www.amethystsunset.net can be used. just let me know which lps you would like in the comment/note section of the paypal checkout. - w http://www.amethystsunset.net

heh "Excellent! bummer i have been thinking about it for too long. couldn't resist the cherry?"

Agit Reader Review; http://www.agitreader.com/primitivefutures/providien-followed_by_a_wraith.html Providien Followed By a Wraith Amethyst Sunset For those who have been following the myriad of releases from Amethyst Sunset, you are already aware of the noise scene’s Teutonic shift out of the caves, warehouses and art spaces and into the cosmos of psychedelia and even damaged loner folk. The label’s latest record comes from the depths of Columbus and the minds of Mark Van Fleet (half of the duo Sword Heaven) and his life-long confidant, Nathan Reynolds (who also plays in American Jobs). Providien’s Followed By a Wraith shouldn’t be that much of a stretch for listeners used to Sword Heaven’s infernally primeval racket. The record does come with instructions “for private listening exclusively,” and from the outset, it’s apparent that Providien is not for the faint of heart. Even those used to noise and drone of this varietal may have trouble digging in, as there’s actually structure hiding underneath and actual songs being thrown into a well of despair—not typical of your average noise record. Followed By a Wraith isn’t your average noise record, starting with the confusion as to which speed this record should be played. I’ve come to discover that either pace will work, but 33⅓ is the norm, and as such, the album’s lead, “Red Man’s Vietnam” comes forth like the bellow from an ogre’s den. Using a junk box including “radio, cassettes, and metals,” Van Fleet and Reynolds thrash in typically chaotic fashion. Tracks like “Group Birth” and “Samonella Bunker Blues,” are completely blown out, heavy electronic romps, with machines using up the last shot of adrenaline to lurch towards an uncomfortable demise. Those huge swaths of industrial clang and organ drone do well to counter the true underbelly of Followed By a Wraith. That side sometimes mirrors the downer sludge punk of Jim Shepard’s V-3 or, on “No Other,” the repetitious biker blues of Raven and Circuit Rider played in reverse, filling up the room with a choking exhaust, the fumes overpowering the improvised choogle. But as previously stated, Providien makes slow-motion shifts towards this new arena, usually obscuring these decrepit loner laments with a frightening amount of texture, be it feedback squall, distressed morse code or corrosives melting steel. However, when the curtain is drawn, as it is on “Next One,” Providien reveals a singular moaning voice and an out-of-tune acoustic guitar plucking out Jandekian minimalism to soul-bearing effect. Perhaps the greatest clue on Followed By a Wraith comes in the finale, “Keep Something,” where the duo cleans the slate and starts resembling the deep psych of Kraut pioneers like Ash Ra Tempel and Agitation Free (or to us a more current reference, like the mammoth awakening of Emeralds). If one were to take the title literally, the wraith following these two around is pointing them in the direction of a new frontier, a plane where noise and psych and organic wallowing can co-exist, a world both beautiful and disturbing. Some sound samples of the upcoming Amethyst Sunset here; Sean McCann - "Transplanted Heart" from Sincere World http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/sean-mccann-transplanted-heart Imaginary Softwoods - "Eye Color" from The Path of Spectrolite http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/imaginary-softwoods-eye-color HNY - "Hot Like The Sun" from Here You Can Touch The Sky http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/hny-hot-like-the-sun 1958-2009 http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/1958-2009

What did you order? I went with my sister and between us we ordered Saigon Rolls, Kung Pao, Pho. They brought out the golden nuggets to us by mistake instead of saigon rolls. i thought the nuggets were good. I was pretty into the kung pao too. (i'm pretty sure i parked right next to you and was getting out of my car the same time you were)

Whoa. I had no idea this was in Reynoldsburg. Will probably go there after work tonight.

yeah - about $6 for a single lp first class from us to canada

Dreadful Sounds 3339 1/2 N. High St Columbus, Ohio

I'm very excited and honored to be able to have this record on amethyst sunset. PROVIDIEN is Nathan Reynolds and Mark Van Fleet PROVIDIEN "FOLLOWED BY A WRAITH" AMETHYST SUNSET 008 “The Midwest is a real Shangri-la for bohemia basement bleakness so it’s not real surprising that loner tape grime duo PROVIDIEN hail from the snow-blasted state of Ohio, and have a grim grassroots aura that just feels RIGHT. Led by Sword Heaven electrician Mark Van Fleet and partner-in-crime/childhood friend Nathan Reynolds (also of weirdo goths American Jobs), PROVIDIEN’s debut, “Followed By A Wraith”, sprawls from disembodied horror atmospherics to no-fi sludge death marches to pure weirdo home-taper acoustic guitar meltdowns, each new zone more unsettling and brainwashed than the last. Has elements of Mammal (especially the recent drone-suicide ballads), The Shadow Ring (just replace all the British stuff with raw American sloth), and various other esoteric cassette miserablists, but that’s just a roundabout way of saying this shit rules.” - Britt Brown The LP is limited to 200 copies on black vinyl with color center labels and a paste on cover Sound sample of one of two songs can be found here; http://soundcloud.com/wirrzbow/ available right now at Used Kids 1980 N High St Columbus Ohio or by sending $16.00 paypal to wirrzbow at gmail dot com or by using the shopping cart system on www.amethystsunset.net - coming in 2011 1958-2009 LP SEAN MCCANN LP HNY LP STILLBIRTH CDs RENE HELL / COPPER GLOVE LP more... http://www.amethystsunset.net