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On 10/30/2023 at 3:21 PM, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Yeah, they were great and super friendly! Got my copy of Realms signed by everyone

Right on, that's awesome.  They're so nice.  Ryan is such a sweetheart.  Spun my Discord variant yesterday, sounded awesome! 

On 10/23/2023 at 2:21 AM, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Saw Holy Fwan tonight, they were great! I get to cancel my Zia order now too because they had Realms vinyl with them.

 

Low Heaven was rad, and Cara Cara were different, but pretty good too! If you're able to catch the last couple dates on this tour it's worth it.

so bummed our travel plans made us on opposite sides of the country lol.  was this your first time? 

On 9/8/2023 at 1:21 AM, brandy said:

Motifs - Remember  A Stranger

(FFO: Slowdive, Beach House)

https://motifs.bandcamp.com/album/remember-a-stranger

 

One of my favourite albums in a while but unfortunately vinyl seems to be sold out most places. If anyone knows of a link, please let me know!

holy crap, this is awesome

On 10/11/2023 at 10:48 PM, greenbeck said:

https://audreyfall.bandcamp.com/album/mitau
 

Audrey Fall Mitau Vinyl!   Thanks for the heads up Gumbo!!!

yeeeeep!!!!
 

How'd you guys all do with Silent Whale - North? 

On 9/29/2023 at 3:44 PM, SpazzyMcGee said:

Been going through Caspian's disco. recently and ended up realizing there was a deluxe edition and was toying around with getting the new version but glad that I looked at the forum. Big yikes.

Enjoyed spinning Waking Season today, all timer right there

Waking Season is so good.  One of the reasons i got into this genre. 

On 7/12/2023 at 8:38 PM, MacDonals said:

This album is so good. I lucked out and got a VG+ copy on Discogs a few years ago for $20, but it's white and a bit noisy. I'm going for the Brooklyn Vegan copy.

 

BTW, for all my peeps who absolutely love this record, if you haven't seen their Telegraph Sessions, prepare to have your mind blown.

 

holy crap this awesome.  Swingset is sick!!!!!  what album is this?  I know nothing besides that they have an album called Pneuma that most people love and i heard it once or twice years ago. 

On 9/6/2023 at 10:59 AM, N8TRU said:

Revolver just went up so I bought that over at BrooklynVegan with the discount from the Fiddlehead delay. It'd be cool if their discord wasn't so gatekeep-y.

I feel for you; ive been in for a while, but yeah... its hard to catch.  keep trying tho.  I'll see if i can get you an invite code.


Also that Gray in Blue looks WAY cooler than the /250 blue/powder blue one.  I got both /250's but i need that Gray in Blue i think.  I got into Holy Fawn during the Realms era so that album holds a lot of nostalgia for me.  I remember when they only had Arrows out, as the new single, for like a year, before Death Spells dropped.  What a ride. 

Man you guys are bonkers, Kisses is a fucking banger!  What a mix.  Still haven't listened tho.... been waiting for the vinyl to arrive!!!

just scooped Pinkshinyultrablast "Everything Else Matters" in the Japanese bonus material CD edition for like $30 shipped from Japan.  Very happy!

7 hours ago, Sad Heart said:

No. The master tapes aren’t in great condition. They’d probably be ruined if they tried to digitize them. 

whats the story on that?  I'm not familiar with Green Day lore

pretty sure the Steve Hoffman forums hold that 70% alcohol will eat your records?  I've always been told 99% is what you need. 

man.....   what a shame.  These albums deserve RTI pressing treatment, and they get dogshit.  The only clean-pressing one, sound-wise, that i have is the 10th anniversary Young Mountain - but of course it's pressed off center and sounds like a broken cassette player lol.

I just got a copy of Another Language from Chris King himself, and the Suicide Squeeze pressing is SO NOISY and the labels go over the runout groove lol i didn't know, and suddenly heard SHHHHKKKKKKK.....  SHHHHHHKKKKKK as my $400 stylus/cartridge dies lol

Haha okay so this was NOT SUPPOSED to be up yet.  They don't know who/how/why.  I would probably hold off on ordering until the announcement is made?

On 8/6/2023 at 2:22 PM, lostcrimes said:

Fuck yes on Black Moon. Wonder if it's going to be a single sided 12" or something. 

 

I'm sure an official announcement is coming within a few weeks.

Not sure on official formatting, just that it's coming eventually! 

They announced that this would be coming a while back on discord, Black Moon is coming as well.  Weird tho, nothing was announced on their Discord yet. 

9 hours ago, OldKentuckyShark said:

It’s the same version as the European green.  Turntable lab is just the exclusive US retailer for it.  

ahhh word.  I snagged that cuz it was the only limited one i could find at the time haha.  Besides the orange subscription one. 

On 6/17/2023 at 3:47 AM, bjorn said:

This is exciting. The self-titled album has held up really well, it's right up there with Souvlaki in my opinion. However, the pressing for it was terrible, my copy is not even worth listening to. Hopefully this doesn't happen again.

You gotta look for a black RTI pressing dude, I have it and it's one of the best-sounding albums in my collection.  Dead quiet, and just.... perfect.  I see all the comments on Discogs tho, that's mind-blowing. 

Also, for this one Turntable Labs has a green that they said is limited to 2,000.  I made an order with them, and the shipped everything in my order already except that lol.  Looks the same as the other one listed tho?

https://www.turntablelab.com/collections/lab-of-the-moment/products/slowdive-everything-is-alive-colored-vinyl-lp-turntable-lab-exclusive

On 6/23/2023 at 2:14 AM, Shelby said:

Whoever owns Triple Crown now looked at hip-hop vinyl to price this and poor Caspian are gonna take another L because of it. Sold like 30 copies today vs a few hundred yesterday and probably less tomorrow.

How did you figure this out? 

Also damn, I am SUPER glad i didn't buy this.  sucks that Caspian is now on the "skip" list.  what a sad day that is. 

@Sad HeartI'm reading that PVC sleeve as meaning everything to be mastered for vinyl, but who knows. 

I kind of agree with everyone here but for the sake of having more Isis music in the world, I am glad for the record to exist.  It doesn't fill me with the !!!!! that Isis does, and I'm not a massive Deftones guy anyway, but getting to hear more of that drumming and washy bass is enough for me. 

On 6/10/2023 at 11:16 AM, N8TRU said:

I'm really glad they're playing Yawning live. I'll dare to say it's the best song off Death Spells. On their fall headliner they said it felt weird (out of place essentially) to have it in the set but hopefully they're embracing it more.

Yes!!!!!  Full agree!!!!

Ryan said the same thing when we saw the headlining tour last year.  It was funny, in Boston he began that part of the set with a quip about "We're going to play some stuff we don't usually get to play...." and i've been yelling Yawning at them for YEARS, so I did that again because it's kind of become a joke with us, and without missing a beat, Austin immediately starts into the drum intro and I lost my shit screaming because I never expected to hear it again, and he looked right at me and laughed lol.  They're such nice people.  I love it. 

I told Ryan afterwards that I thought it fit because of the Thrice crowd being used to more high energy stuff.  My Thrice friends complained that Holy Fawn is too slow lol so I think it helps their case in this context.  We talked a bit about Gloandi too, he said he redid all of the tracks for that and remade them for the live show.  Very cool drop.  Now we need Foal next!  They teased a snippet of it in an old social media video maybe last summer or so, once touring was gearing back up. 

On 6/10/2023 at 4:12 PM, lostcrimes said:

Got reaaaaally excited because they hinted at a vinyl pressing recently 😒

Coming this Fall i believe is the time frame!

On 6/10/2023 at 12:20 AM, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

All good, dude.

Thanks man.  It's a thing... i hate it.  I get a lot of shit from my friends, and they all mean it in a playful teasing way, but it gets old after while you know? 

On 6/10/2023 at 5:39 PM, prowl20 said:

That and Seer are my two favorites. Although I’ve been listening to the new record more than Death Spells ever since it came out. Those first few tracks feels emotionally devastating

Yeah, Seer has become a favorite too.  That one took a bit for me to warm up to, and it was especially powerful as a closer.  I think this is the first time I haven't seen them play Arrows either. 

I'm going to put Dimensional Bleed on now, I always forget to spin it haha.  Death Spells is such a tremendous album, it kind of overshadows everything else from them for me. 

11 minutes ago, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Did you not see my edit literally hours before you commented?

 

Edit: 9 hours. Edited 9 hours before you commented.

Haha nope sorry!  I was also trying to answer in a way that was like "Dude you don't know Realms?!"  but it came out way sterner than i hoped or meant, so I'm sorry for that. 

I miss a lot of stuff, ADD really fucks with your ability to catch all that's there.  It causes a lot of problems, like right here lol

11 hours ago, TheGhostOfRandySavage said:

Lucky you! They only have two albums so far and both are awesome! I'd say start at the beginning with Deathspells and then move on to this one. 😀

Are you not aware they have an album prior to that?  It's called Realms.  It's a bit more ethereal and lacking more of the heavy elements that are found on Death Spells and Dimensional Bleed.  Make sure you check it out!  Foal has one of the catchiest guitar hooks ever. 

12 hours ago, scottheisel said:

I just heard this band for the first time opening for Thrice this week. They fuckin’ ruled. Is this album the one to start with?

I mean, like others have said - there's 3 full-lengths and an EP, so it's not a lot. 

Realms - more post-rock/indie-ambient-gaze style, lacking a lot of the the heavier elements found later but absolutely fucking amazing.  "Foal" is my favorite song.
Death Spells - classic album, heavy, moody, gazey....  10/10, just a titan.  "Yawning" is my favorite song.
Dimensional Bleed - good album, a bit more moody, kind of like Deafheaven turning more shoegaze with Infinite Granite.  Still a great album, but nothing will ever top Death Spells IMO.  That was a hammer to the face of the scene when that dropped. 

The Black Moon - short, but crushing.  Candy is a live set staple. 

Just dive in dude, they're so good.  I've seen them...  6 times now, soon to be 7 with Post Fest in a few weeks.  They're so good, and so good live, and such nice dudes.  Ryan is a sweetheart.  He wrote a custom lyric sheet for me for my girlfriend, with the lyrics to "Take Me With You". 

And those motherfuckers kept Yawning in the setlits!  Sneaky bastards!  I lost my shit in Boston and Austin just LOL'd onstage haha.  It was great.  Such good people. 
 

59 minutes ago, greenbeck said:

If anyone is looking for reasonably priced TWDY vinyl….

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?sid=starsession&_pgn=1&isRefine=true&_trksid=p2349624.m3561.l49496

 

Turns out it’s Chris K from TWDY.  

That is very cheap...  turns out he's back in the band too, for now at least anyway.  JFC the prices for many of these on discogs are like double or triple what he's asking.....  

3 minutes ago, prowl20 said:

They were always a band that flew under my radar. At least until ~ 2020 when I saw their name mentioned EVERYWHERE. I tried numerous times to get into them and it just made me want to listen to "The Fire In Our Throats..." by Pelican. Not saying We Lost The Sea sounds cookie-cutter at all, but it just never resonated with me for some odd-reason. 

 

A few weeks ago I finally revisited them and it all clicked. 

LOL, dude - same.  You can find my post on this very forum saying Departure Songs is boring, and I'm passing.  10 copies later........... (including all 3 Live at Dunk) here we are haha

dude this Chora is fucked up good.  Holy crap.  Too bad it'll never get vinyl, unless someone does 2xLP at 45rpm. 

On 6/2/2023 at 11:15 AM, prowl20 said:

I'll post this in the main PO's page as well but A Thousand Arms has a bunch of We Lost The Sea represses up. If you're like me and having FOMO every time "Departure Songs" gets repressed, now's a good chance

 

https://www.athousandarms.com/search?type=product&q=we lost the sea*

Had you not picked up a copy yet?  The black Dunk! pressing from like....  last year (?) has become my play copy.  It took me forever to get a good-playing one.  They always came with lots of surface noise and background nonsense.  With the upgrades that they've done recently, I'm betting that they'll all sound awesome moving forward.  Enjoy! 

On 5/28/2023 at 5:42 AM, Portsi said:

Chora has been my favourite post-metal this year. Emotional, heavy, perfect production and mastering. Have listened this album about 100 times already. 

 

https://choratn.bandcamp.com/album/there-lies-a-friend-i-once-knew

This is very good Cult of Luna worship haha.  Sounds great! 

Edit - holy fuck this is amazing

Jesus fuck, forgive me for having a conversation and trying to help folks with an idea.  God damn. 

sO wErE oN t0p1c....  I'll be reaching out to Jeff again with some new information from our friend Jennifer here.  We'll see what happens.