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Okay so this is a condensed version but you see all the moving pieces. 
 
https://imgur.com/a/bt33gV7

Okay holy fuck dude.  Friday has Au Revoir, Shy Low, PRAY FOR SOUND and Ranges.  You need to fucking see those bands.  Shy, Low and Au Revoir are some of the heaviest and moodiest post-whatever bands, and are absolutely amazing.  Pray For Sound may just be the most upbeat post-rock band ever, and are completely FUN.  Ranges is moody and powerful and heavy and fairly stereotypical, but done incredibly well. 

To miss those 4 bands is a big mistake.  Shy, Low is essentially the main reason I'm flying out there
 
 
 

Nicely done, and you hit the nail on the head.  Supporting a good label, securing variants ahead of time, and less headache

Glad to have you in the bullpen for this one, as life has thrown yet another curveball in the form of a possible herniated disc in my back - i'm glad you were able to make it all work, and this seems to have gone exactly as all mine have gone! 

This has been the case for a while.  Before "Salvation" got repressed, OG copies were going for $100+ on Discogs.  I nearly pulled the trigger myself. 
 
He kind of has a point though.  It could be that Cult of Luna is continuing to grow and write great music while the Isis catalog stays put....  but I see where he's coming from.  Isis is inherently independent....  their material stands alone, but they do a different thing.  They went for the cosmic groove where the universe swallows itself up and you're blasted out of a cannon into a psilocybe cosmic vortex with all these hypnotic, low-dynamic grooves (ie: So Did We, The Beginning and the End, Weight).  Cult of Luna does it but in like, a loud sense.  Same intensity, different dynamic levels. 

Also False Light still makes me want to punch walls and pick up change like when I was 16.
 
TL;DR-----  Isis and Cult of Luna rule. 

Also, Rosetta. 

True story.  That album is something I'll take to the grave with me.  I had downloaded a bunch of Celestial and Mosquito Control tracks off Napster in like 8th grade, and when Oceanic came out, it was a blind purchase at the local record shop simply because I figured it must be at least decent.  That decision changed my life. 

Funny story - I used to hate Carry.  It was too slow for me.  Always skipped it.  Then I read a bunch of stuff about how the band thought it was their breakthrough song, and their favorite thing to play - indeed, they opened the reunion show with it.  I went back to the album and slowed my brain down, and let Carry do it's thing.  Boy, I was wrong. 
 
Back on track - I'm really liking how melodic this album is without having sacrificed any intensity or brutality.  The stuff on Eternal Kingdom is a little more knotty in it's riff structures, and we get some of that, but when they do the grooves where the guitar just goes back and forth between 2 chords with the synths and melodies over the top like in Lights on the Hill..... (same thing as in Dim)....  it's sooooooo goood

No info so far, but the label posted a teaser picture so I wanted to get this going. 

Unfortunately I am no longer able to offer group buys from Elusive Sound.  Thank you for everybody who helped participate in these for the last couple years.  It was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and we were able to snag some great records. 
 
Stay tuned!

Pre-orders go LIVE on Tuesday, October 1st at 20:00 CEST  (2:00pm EST)
 

I'm gonna tell you up front that if all you do here is post links to your band, people will not like you. 

Contribute to discussion, and you'll be fine.  But so far, you've only posted about your band  

Forgive me if this is already up, but the search function seems to be gone... so here we go!

Deluxe versions are almost gone - MOVE FAST!
 
https://athousandarms.store/collections/ranges/products/ranges-babel-confusion-of-tongues-deluxe-edition-bundle
 

 
Babel by Ranges releases September 30th, 2019 via A Thousand Arms Music, dunk!records, Bird's Robe Records, and LeRock Psicophonique.
Art direction and layout by L U X I N V I C T U S.
Confusion of Tongues Deluxe Edition is limited to 33 copies available exclusively through A Thousand Arms.
Deluxe Edition Includes:
- 'Babel' on 2xLP 180g gold vinyl in upgraded-cardboard gatefold jacket with gold foil stamping
- Wooden vinyl slip-case designed and constructed by Matt Fitch of Fitch Ironworks
- Custom screen-printed slip-mat
- 'Babel' on CD
- Wood-fired ceramic shot glass thrown by Chris Bieniek of North Ridge Ceramics
- Lost-wax bronze ‘Æterno II’ coin cast by Elaine Hansard of Mountain-Gypsy Studios
- Æterno coin pouch designed and produced by Jennifer Blessum
- 'Decadence' espresso roasted and packaged by Ghost Town Coffee Roasters
- Screen-printed 'Tower of Babel' wall flag (3’x4’)
- Screen-printed t-shirt 
- Digital Download
Combine any two RANGES items and use promo code 'APOCRYPHA' at checkout to receive $5.00 off your entire order.
All orders are pre-orders and are expected to ship by September 2019.
 
 
  <a href="http://ranges.bandcamp.com/album/babel">Babel by Ranges</a>
 

yeah i saw that, no thanks haha.  I was curious about the MOTA ones but not for $100 when they say you might get audio defects. 

My black side D of this ADOM release is scratched to fuuuuuuuuuuck.  Like, one of the worst I've ever seen.  Thanks to those loose plastic pieces...

Still sounds pretty good otherwise!

yeah i mean i really want to hear what else they've got but it wasn't what I was looking for when I think PSOTY. 

In other news....  Skarntyde repress with new cover art!!!!   One of the best post-rock albums ever and should be in everyone's collection.
 
https://spurv.bandcamp.com/album/skarntyde
 

You’re a disgrace to the rest of us Cult of Luna fans if you missed out on the splatter.  There’s really no point in even trying to enjoy the new album unless you own it.

Yeah i'm liking this a lot too.  It feels more same-y to other bands, but it's very well done and I'm liking it.  I wasn't in love with the sound of the jangly guitars on the first one, but this is good stuff.  Ender is a sick song though. 

Digging the hell out of that lineup.  Not at all “Dunk-core” haha.  Really pumped about O’Brother & Spotlights.  And Shy, Low.  Plus I just listened to the new Driving Slow Motion (mentioned several times here) & that new album is killer.  And duh, Holy Fawn!
 
I’ll be all over this one.

Okay so this is awesome.  Been meaning to post about it, but with their set at Dunk having just caused massive waves, it's time we all hopped on!  The labels have already sold through nearly half of their stock. 
 
Cavum by PILLARS released May 17th, 2019 via A Thousand Arms Music and dunk!records.
180g white and black mix with yellow accents (purple accents for EU).  Album artwork by L U X I N V I C T U S.  Digital download included with vinyl.
Limited to 170 copies through A Thousand Arms Music.
Combine any two PILLARS items and use promo code 'CAVUM' at checkout to receive $5.00 off your entire order from A1KA.
 
US Residents:  https://athousandarms.store/collections/pillars
EU Residents:  https://dunkrecords.com/products/pillars-cavum-lp

US variant: IMAGE IS NOT A MOCK-UP:

 
EU variant:


FULL ALBUM STREAM:
 

I can see what you mean, because I LOVED Lights and Motion at first - that dude can write some truly moving stuff.  However, they are as annoyingly one-dimensional as I think I've ever come across.  It's literally all the same, and for whatever reason his medium or approach gets annoying to me.  I love the first couple releases, I think they're great.  But fuck dude, please write ONE dark song.  Just one.  JUST ONE. 
 
I'm not sure I agree with that being Pillars' approach....  I think they're just trying to write engaging, heavy post-rock that crushes on stage and they've done just that.  You don't always have to reinvent the wheel.  I'll give them props tho because this album is vastly more unique than the previous one, which has many, many sections where it's like "Okay this is the Gone in Bloom and Bough part", "here's the Not My Blood part", "here's the Some are White Light part" etc etc.  I still love it, but that album has a lot of very very similar parts to other songs. 

I know the allure too though because I did that with my death metal band - i copied riff stylings and song structures from Morbid Angel all the time.
As long as I keep you hooked on Elusive releases.... XD XD XD XD

Well said Gumbo.  And I do applaud the efforts being made to “popularize” post-rock in general in the US.  Hell, even if POST. fest is another “Dunk-core” fest, my brother & I are most likely going.  We’ve had the “live vs studio” discussion a million times so no need to rehash but I agree with your points.
 
Sign me up for seeing Pillars at Post Fest (assuming they’ll be there), but I just don’t have interest in this on vinyl. If they ever cut a live album, I’d most likely snatch that up.  I know they closed with one of the new songs when I saw them with Seeress (if I had to guess it was Escape) so I know how much better it translates live.

You aren't wrong with the Caspian worship.  But I still love it.  If you're going to copy a band, it might as well be Caspian.

I'll tell you though, these songs fucking CRUSHED live.  Like, CRUSHED.  Seeing them on the main stage with the lights was a trip and a half.  I call them "Bomb" post-rock, because they do these like, big explode-y detonations in the peak sections.  Like just slamming on the open strings, dropping bombs haha.  It was very fun live. 
Yeah i mean, we like what we like and there's no problem with that.  We have to remember though that this is a business.  Yeah, Dunk! is out to create community and all that good hippie love stuff, but at the end of the day.... they need to sell.  They need to make money to keep things going.  And judging from the rabid response that the merch tent gets at the festival, this shit sells.  A lot. 

I mean, they've been able to open up their own pressing plant.  Between Dunk! and A1KA, they've sold almost half of this first pressing, and Pillars is a small-ass band in the scheme of things right now. 

Look at Ranges.  I love CJ and I love Ranges, but the music isn't breaking any new ground - it's just very well done post-rock, and they've managed to make it to a 3rd pressing that is now almost sold out as well.  Their next album is looking to be a banger though, I'm very excited about it. 

But we can sit here and critique from our office chairs and our beds, but at the end of the day, this product (what Derek calls "dunk-core") moves units and generates interest.  We'd all love for EVERY single release to be ground-breaking and fresh and super unique, but we're all human - we copy and steal and re-purpose and that's okay.  I know that I don't fall in love with every release, and that's okay.  I'll buy what I like, and leave what I don't. 

This Pillars album isn't my favorite either, but the dudes are kind as hell, genuine, and passionate.  For their efforts and approach, they deserve to succeed.  Especially with the success of Post. Festival - that's Nason from Pillars' brainchild, along with another buddy.  The American Post-rock scene is taking off in large part due to the relationships between the A1KA, Post. Festival and Dunk! and think that's an absolutely beautiful thing. 

We talked about this on the New Musical Horizons radio interview we did at Dunk!.  It was CJ, myself, David from Young Epoch and some other writer friends - we were asked if post-rock is dead and CJ was like "Fucking nope, I sell enough to make a living off of this, so no way" (in so many words haha).

You guys also forget or don't really get to see that the scene is SO, SO different in Europe.  They just support bands more over there, they go to smaller shows more often.  It's just different.  In America, we don't really give a shit about the arts or small bands - we really don't collectively make an effort to go see dive shows with 9 people.  In Europe, that's the norm.  I mean, I went to see Toundra before Dunk! last year in a mid-sized city in Belgium (Ghent) and there had to have been 500 people there.  It was fucking wild.  Ranges pulled about 100 people at their Hard Rock Paris gig last year, where here they'd get maybe 20 outside of their hometown.  So, it's just a different place. 

To echo something I said earlier about Pillars being fun live, I think that's another element that is being forgotten - this stuff is very engaging in a live setting.  For instance, I couldn't stand Wang Wen on record but their set at Dunk was enthralling.  I fucking loved it.  So, there's 2 realms to be considered I guess.  I go to A LOT of shows, so I tend to listen to a record and think "Oh yeah, this would crush live" even if it's a bit tepid on record.  This has happened to me a number of times, and it's gone both ways where I think some bands are better in the studio than on record - like Rosetta.  I love Rosetta, but they've never quite really gotten me at a show to where their studio stuff gets me.  Caspian is sometimes the same way, it depends.  Other bands absolutely slaughter their studio stuff with the live show.  So, it really depends.  I would put Ranges in that category, because I feel like their songs just take on a bigger life on stage. 


Anyway, buy Cavum!   XD XD XD

Okay so this is awesome.  Been meaning to post about it, but with their set at Dunk having just caused massive waves, it's time we all hopped on!  The labels have already sold through nearly half of their stock. 
 
Cavum by PILLARS released May 17th, 2019 via A Thousand Arms Music and dunk!records.
180g white and black mix with yellow accents (purple accents for EU).  Album artwork by L U X I N V I C T U S.  Digital download included with vinyl.
Limited to 170 copies through A Thousand Arms Music.
Combine any two PILLARS items and use promo code 'CAVUM' at checkout to receive $5.00 off your entire order from A1KA.
 
US Residents:  https://athousandarms.store/collections/pillars
EU Residents:  https://dunkrecords.com/products/pillars-cavum-lp

US variant: IMAGE IS NOT A MOCK-UP:

 
EU variant:


FULL ALBUM STREAM:
 

This was my feeling when they re-pressed "Mosquito Control" last year or whenever - I bought it on Ebay like 3 years ago for $15.  People were asking upwards of $50 for those represses.  Markets are weird!
 
They'll get to it eventually, I'm sure - once those records hit the 20 year mark we'll see another round of remasters I'm sure.  I still ***VASTLY*** prefer the original mix of Oceanic, but I'm down with the remaster of Panopticon.  The remaster for Oceanic sounds far too clean and separated; it takes away some of that old school feeling for me. 
You need to check out the new Outlander album - 5 songs, maybe 30 mins total.  It fucking CRUSHES. 
 
Album of the year so far for me, I think. 

Thanks for the heads up.  I'm expecting they'll have it in NYC since TRL is located there, but I'll let you guys know after we go!

@mrewest
Monograf came up on my gf's Youtube playlist like last week, I was enjoying it.  Gotta go back and listen again.  As far as Glasgow Coma Scale, a lot of my Dunk-associated friends CREAMED themselves over it.  I remember liking it, but not enough to buy it.  Will have to revisit! 
 
New Outlander has been UTTERLY and UTTERLY crushing me.  If you guys haven't fucking listened to this, I'm going to reach through your computer and smack you.  Tracks 2 and 3 especially.   If you like "Tunnel Blanket" or the band A Film In Color, this stuff is right up your alley.  Hypnotic, chill... feels like you took one too many Klonopin.  I cannot praise this material enough. 
 
https://outlandertheband.bandcamp.com/

fucking RIGHT?  One of my favorites as a kid... so mysterious.  It's basically 2 movies in one: a suspense thriller and then a feel-good comedy.  Early Sarah Jessica Parker too!
 
But yeah, "Radiogaze" makes me feel like I'm cruising through the clouds of a clear blue sky in a flying saucer at Mach 3 hahaha.  I love it. 


Also I checked out that Be Water stuff this morning, that was really really good!  Too bad they have no physical media, I would have bought the shit out of that album.  Owen with the YATC vibe was pretty spot-on. 

+1 to Gumbo for a friggin Flight of the Navigator drop.  What an amazing movie.

I will say that I listened to Radiogaze for about a year and hated it.  Didn't get it.  I hated their sound, it was too dense and not what I was looking for in that style. 

And then one day something just kind of clicked.  IMO the back half of the album is the best.  I would urge you to at least listen to When > We > Not Enough.  "We" is my favorite song, no question.  It makes me feel like I'm in Flight of the Navigator, surfing through the clouds with Max in the spaceship. 

Re: Pillars, that new track is fire.  Their old album was pretty straightforward post-rock, by the books.  It wasn't bad, but it stole a lot from other bands IMO and I'm really stoked to see them next month at Dunk. 
 
Yeah I feel you on this, 100%.  Once you get to "Falling Stars" it's fucking go time.  I still need more time with "More" (pun i guess?  haha) but I've liked what I've heard so far. 
 
Who is PSUB?  I just googled it and all I got was Purdue Student Union Board XD



Did you guys check the new Harborlights song yet?  This band is a fucking unknown force...  sleepily coming out of Boston and just crushing.  They just signed to Deathwish, and should be poised to blow up.  They have so many songs I love.  Their stuff is about 50/50 with vocals vs. instrumental, and the vocals take some getting used to I think.  Their album "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree" and "Aphelion" gets TONS of play from me.  Their drummer is very noteworthy, and you can hear his chops in the new track. 


 

Ooof.  That sucks, I'm sorry to hear that.  Hopefully they pull through and make it right somehow. 

My replacement from HR came the other day and it's totally fine, they shipped it inside the printed inners and there was no problem. 

If someone wants my scratched one for $5 it's yours (ill include MoFi sleeves and plastic outer)