Shitty Rambo

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Wasn't toooo much a fan of the first song but the second definitely hooked me. Thanks for this!

Hard disagree — Cresswell has given this band seriously new life. "Turn The Dial" was the best song on the last record!

Incredible first quarter of 2024 for emo, IMO.  In addition to the ones above, you have Glass Beach, Stay Inside, Gulfer, the new Friko album Where we've been, Where we go from here | Friko (bandcamp.com), new Carpool and Barely Civil on 3/22, and I've been really digging this Get Well, Kid album (It All Goes Away | Get Well, Kid (bandcamp.com)).

Oh shit.  Awesome.  Wish they would compile all the Here, Hear's into one big release or something at this point though.

Signals Midwest and ANORAK have a split 7" (have no idea where you'd get a copy) out to promote their tour in Japan, and hot damn these songs rip!
 
Signals Midwest really goes the extra mile here. I've always enjoyed their more straight forward/high energy sound in this scene, but this single definitely shows off the more creative side of their song writing. If anything this feels closer to a Dikembe song but without all the sappy glum despair they can't seem to get away from  (with the exception of Hail Something, which is my favorite release of their's but it doesn't get much love).
 
 

New album by a great Canadian band.
 
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New song I think is getting posted tomorrow at 10 am est

Instagram I think? There may be a link to her post somewhere on this thread, but I can't remember.

From my very first listen I thought it was the best thing they’ve done since On the Impossible Past

Ah, I see Kinsella didn't get enough over saturation of airy effects and digital drums on the last American Football LP.

Bummed the second press is way better than the first. But I'm really digging the sound and vibe with this one, as a desert rat myself.

I sold almost half my collection amd have not bought a new record in a long time. I think the only record I purchased this  last year was the Repress of Slip by Quicksand and I probably only listened to it once. Everything is overpriced and almost everything that was hard to find 10 or so years ago has been repressed at this point and that kind of takes some of the fun out of it. I think most new vinyl buyers have ruined the Golden age of the 'Revival' and after all the delays for new releases post covid I completely stopped pre ordering new releases (Which coincided with me becoming a parent) so my interest in new bands has dropped almost completely. The absolute worst has been how Discogs pricing has just become the norm. It is almost impossible to find a good deal anywhere because everyone record store just prices based off Discogs. 

I have been purchasing less and less vinyl over the past several years, 100% due to price. I am still a sucker for physical releases though, so my CD collection has been increasing more. I can't justify $25-$40 for a new LP when I can get the CD for $10-$12. Pretty much any LP that I buy new these days is releases that are not available on CD.
 
It also bums me out that 7”s have largely gone away in favor of 12”EP's. Even at the current rate of like $10 for a 7”, I'd rather pay that for 4 songs than $25+ for 4 songs on a 12” with a B-side etching.
 
Still love checking out new bands, new music. 2023 had a lot of great new releases! Probably still spend the same amount on music that I always have, it just goes more to CD's and inexpensive used records.

I’ve gotten older and have seen how the sausage is made. Music lacks the magic it had when I was a kid/teenager/in my early 20s. I still buy some records but due to the price hike and stagnation of my music tastes, there fortunately isn’t much out there for me to want to pick up anymore. I mostly keep up with vinyl hoping that something clicks one of these days and I fall in love again. The logical thing for me to do is just sell everything and put that money towards remodeling my house or beefing up my guitar rig. I can’t bring myself to do it just yet. 

Like eveyone else in this thread my buying habits are at an all time low. I probably only bought maybe 6 records total last year, but still spent as much as I would've if I were buying 20 in 2015. I will only preorder albums from bands I trust to put out quality releases. I'll only buy represses of things I don't own in any capacity (for example the repress of Further Seems Forever - How To Start A Fire), but I always go for the cheaper indie release variant or if a holiday is near I'll wait for the label to do a sale and get whatever is available. Variants don't matter to me at all anymore.
 
My biggest gripe with the wildly inflated prices is that even small DIY bands have followed suit. In the early 2010s and late 2000s buying records was my primary way of checking out new bands and artists. Figured since I wasn't going to shows as often it was a fair way for me to support smaller artist, and these boards specifically pointed me in the direction of some killer acts that have become lifelong favorites, but I just can't afford to do that anymore. I pay $25/month for YouTube Premium (family plan), and it's worth it for the music streaming and video features, but I definitely have a much harder time finding new bands to check out.
 
I need to start putting whatever I would've spent on records into stock piling ammo. Clearly Mexico is finally taking back the South West and I have to be prepared to become a nomad when the shit hits the fan 🤣

Like eveyone else in this thread my buying habits are at an all time low. I probably only bought maybe 6 records total last year, but still spent as much as I would've if I were buying 20 in 2015. I will only preorder albums from bands I trust to put out quality releases. I'll only buy represses of things I don't own in any capacity (for example the repress of Further Seems Forever - How To Start A Fire), but I always go for the cheaper indie release variant or if a holiday is near I'll wait for the label to do a sale and get whatever is available. Variants don't matter to me at all anymore.
 
My biggest gripe with the wildly inflated prices is that even small DIY bands have followed suit. In the early 2010s and late 2000s buying records was my primary way of checking out new bands and artists. Figured since I wasn't going to shows as often it was a fair way for me to support smaller artist, and these boards specifically pointed me in the direction of some killer acts that have become lifelong favorites, but I just can't afford to do that anymore. I pay $25/month for YouTube Premium (family plan), and it's worth it for the music streaming and video features, but I definitely have a much harder time finding new bands to check out.
 
I need to start putting whatever I would've spent on records into stock piling ammo. Clearly Mexico is finally taking back the South West and I have to be prepared to become a nomad when the shit hits the fan 🤣

Like eveyone else in this thread my buying habits are at an all time low. I probably only bought maybe 6 records total last year, but still spent as much as I would've if I were buying 20 in 2015. I will only preorder albums from bands I trust to put out quality releases. I'll only buy represses of things I don't own in any capacity (for example the repress of Further Seems Forever - How To Start A Fire), but I always go for the cheaper indie release variant or if a holiday is near I'll wait for the label to do a sale and get whatever is available. Variants don't matter to me at all anymore.
 
My biggest gripe with the wildly inflated prices is that even small DIY bands have followed suit. In the early 2010s and late 2000s buying records was my primary way of checking out new bands and artists. Figured since I wasn't going to shows as often it was a fair way for me to support smaller artist, and these boards specifically pointed me in the direction of some killer acts that have become lifelong favorites, but I just can't afford to do that anymore. I pay $25/month for YouTube Premium (family plan), and it's worth it for the music streaming and video features, but I definitely have a much harder time finding new bands to check out.
 
I need to start putting whatever I would've spent on records into stock piling ammo. Clearly Mexico is finally taking back the South West and I have to be prepared to become a nomad when the shit hits the fan 🤣

My record buying habits have changed drastically. For one, there is a tiny number of bands/artists that I will preorder a new record from without needing to hear it first. New records not only have to be amazing, but I must legitimately see myself listening to them regularly. No buying records just for the sake of collecting or completing a discography. 
No duplicates of albums. If a better/nicer pressing comes out, I will sell my old one. 
My number one new rule: be patient. Wait for sales and scoop up whatever variant is the least popular. I could not care less what color the record is. The only color I care about is green. 

2023 was the year I realized I was buying records just for the sake of buying records. Blind purchases of new albums from bands that released one great album in their career. Band released a new album I really like? Go buy their entire back catalog. Just really dumb purchases overall of albums I may listen to once and never touch again.
I looked at my collection and thought to myself, "There's probably only a couple hundred records here that I would realistically ever sit down with and critically listen to." So unless I am able to listen to the full album first, and can envision myself ever taking the time to sit down and put the record on and critically listen to it, I don't purchase anymore.
Additionally, I realized my music tastes have vastly changed. I've been going through my collection and re-listening to everything to determine what is really worth keeping. So I've also begun selling records as well.
Pretty much just echoing the sentiments of many others that posted in this thread already.

I know you’ve all been dying to hear my 2 cents so here it goes…

I’ve curbed on buying a lot of new releases and focused on grabbing 1st presses of my favorite records.  Early rev stuff, first presses of some equal vision releases.  I feel like I kinda hit the wall with new music and not many new hardcore bands do it for me.  But I’ll find out about some old band and go after that collection like most recently Unwound and codeine, which thanks to numero isn’t too hard!
 
The price of records hasn’t really dissuaded me from buying infact it’s encouraged me.  I’m an independent contractor and we have a record player at work so I write off all my record purchases.  I understand this is 100% not ok, but I don’t give a shit.  And if anyone on here works for the IRS I’m just kidding.  

My overall vinyl purchasing slowed, for sure. Prices were getting a little too much and I tried to stop pre-ordering albums blind. I only did it twice this year (Menzingers and Blink). Also being part of the Storm Chasers LTD Patreon guaranteed I had at least one new record a month so that helped curb the extra spending.
And I'm so glad That Thing You Do! finally got released.

I have definitely found my obsession with records has faded. I've been doing this a looong time. The insane prices and all of the noobs calling records vinylz and buying them just to hang on the wall, has soured me on the whole experience. I should probably stay off Reddit. There's been many times we've been travelling and my wife asks me if I want to go to the local record store and I just say "nah". I also like having extra money. The evil Spotify has changed things for me. I just stream shit and ask myself if I really need to spend $35+ to listen to it on vinyl. Many times the answer is "not really".
Off the top of my head I can't really come up with a record I was truly excited about when I got it. Man, I'm being a downer! Maybe I'll come up with something later. Oh wait, the signed National "test pressing" was super cool. 😜

No...this is not a college/university survey post that I just love to approve...cuz ya know, I like starting shit. 
2023 seems to have been a helluva year all across the board for a lot of people. Life and the world were completely out of wack. 
Do you feel that your collecting and purchasing of vinylz changed in any way? How so? Share your stories. 
And what was the one (or few) records that got you the most excited and happy to have snagged/scored/etc.?
 

This year has fucking rocked! I honestly think the last time I had this much new killer music to listen to was a decade ago.
Favorites in no particular order:
AJJ - Disposable Everything
Menzingers - Some of it Was True
Crime in Stereo - House in Trance
Gaslight Anthem - History Books
Blink 182 - One More Time
 
McLusky put out a bad ass EP called Unpopular Parts of a Pig, the new IDLES single is super promising and I can't wait to hear their new album. Only 2 albums that didn't meet my expectations were the new Taking Back Sunday and new Spanish Love Songs records. I need to spend more time with the former, the latter has a strong first half and ending but the middle is a snoozefest. Hoping 2024 brings us a new Iron Chic record 🤞