Mars

I can’t imagine skipping Junkhead. 

I have spun the Walmart red and the black versions, and I don't notice anything odd about the opening of Them Bones. I will listen harder tonight.
 
I can't believe people are describing the second half of this album as a slog. I can't imagine skipping side C. This album is about as flawless as they come for me. 

Her best album IMO and was a white whale for me for awhile until I picked up an OP a few years ago, so I figured I’d pass this along. 
 
https://www.alr-music.com/products/jh3-become-what-you-are

out today digitaly, vinyl out in november https://nosunband.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-interim

Maybe the "welcome sleeve" is the tour edition they're talking about here, but it's /100

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-9bXXvVUy/

Nobody ever ended up doing a proper rip of this with or without the hidden track, so I did. Here it is on YouTube:
...and here's more info (lineage etc) along with a lossless download of the full EP rip.

My test press copy came in yesterday. I’ve only had a chance to listen to the first side because I have family in town visiting this week, but I liked it a lot. 

haha I am sure we have more than that.  (my shop did the show exclusive for their last big NYC show..)  
 
I got the test and a pink LP.   however I realized they released a split single yesterday and missed the most limited
version of that.  damn.
 
anyone have any idea what and when the limited "orange - welcomes" come out.  those are limited to only 50.  I am wondering about those.

Cool, so we have 3 soft kill fans here, haha.
 
I grabbed the red as well, but kind of wish I'd gone pink.
Doesn't matter, these guys can do no wrong!

I splurged and ordered the test press yesterday morning. It says it’s supposed to ship soon, so I’m excited to hear it early. 

Cool, so we have 3 soft kill fans here, haha.
 
I grabbed the red as well, but kind of wish I'd gone pink.
Doesn't matter, these guys can do no wrong!

Cool, so we have 3 soft kill fans here, haha.
 
I grabbed the red as well, but kind of wish I'd gone pink.
Doesn't matter, these guys can do no wrong!

Canary Yellow
We are excited to present to you our sixth studio album, "Canary Yellow", produced and mixed by Rob Schnapf.
1. Joey
2. Cracked Candles
3. Magic Garden
4. Rocks & Blows
5. Dibs
6. The Line (feat. Ruth Radelet)
7. Congratulations Text
8. Cicero
9. Domino
10. Lake Shore Drive
Instead of hiring a publicist or paying for promotion we have decided to handle the release of this album totally independent and removed from the standard music industry model. This is 100% funded and assembled in house by Soft Kill.
This deluxe first pressing features a 24pt jacket, printed & embossed inner sleeve with a two-sided insert on a myriad of color vinyl variants exclusive to this edition.
20 - Test Pressings w/ Special Sleeve
50 - Orange Vinyl w/ Welcome Sleeve
96 - Black Vinyl w/ Chicago Sleeve
96 - Black Vinyl w/ New York Sleeve
96 - Black Vinyl w/ Atlanta Sleeve
96 - Black Vinyl w/ Halloween Sleeve
96 - Black Vinyl w/ Texas Sleeve
100 - Pink
100 - White
100 - Red
100 - Baby Blue
100 - Green
250 - Purple
250 - Gray
450 - Orange (Retail Exclusive)
500 - Baby Blue w/ Red Splatter
As always, manufactured locally at Cascade Record Pressing.
While this is a preorder with a release date of 10/31/22, we submitted this order and already have most of the variants in hand to avoid delays on shipping normally associated with vinyl projects in modern times. We will be shipping as many of these early as possible as a thank you for supporting our band. As a small ask, if you receive your copy before the release date, do not rip the audio and put it on YouTube or we will do dramatic, unnecessary things.
Also, vinyl costs have risen dramatically so prices have too. This was sadly unavoidable.
European customers: copies will be available over there shortly.

Grivo - Elude is back in print
 
https://grivo.bandcamp.com/album/elude

Shitty work-weeks somehow end with good record finds, and this week wasn't an exception.
For the 80's post-punk-heads, picked up UK OGs of the first two albums by The Sound:
 

Seems I'm too old for this NFT thing. Now I know how does it feel being a boomer. Shit, haven't seen it coming.. 😟
 

Thanks for that . I didn't realize - don't really follow Mark.
edit: Regardless, her version of that song is great

Because she is a very passionate and vocal anti sexual abuse/pro womans rights etc person and Mark Kozelek has been accused of sexual assault/harassment multiple times in the last few years

Thank you, Sleep shitposting Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpoxI7pc7O/

sad it’s really over now
 
rip

A bunch of really good looking  represses of Hush and Aurora are on their big cartel
 
https://slowcrush.bigcartel.com/

I'm feeling super nostalgic tonight and also beyond emotional after a few beers...and listening to this...the original release for now...and damn, it's hitting me dead in the feels throughout. 
 

New Nadja CD/CS coming out in a few months
 
https://katuktucollective.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinthine
 
Four extended tracks of atmospheric doom sludge, each with a different guest vocalist: Alan Dubin (Gnaw, Khanate), Rachel Davies (Esben & The Witch), Lane Shi Otayonii (Elizabeth Colour Wheel), & Dylan Walker (Full of Hell).

If money and space were no object, I would have their whole discography.  I don't think they needed Albini to do A New Nature. Mucho excite for this track with Nadja!

I'll try to keep this short, so let's go.
 
About a year ago I was fed up with intl shipping prices and the new EU tax law, that you have to pay tax (it's 27% here in Hungary) on everything you order, it is especially disgsuting that the amount is calculated on the item + shipping total, so basically a 20-dollar record with the least awful scenario of a 20-dollar shipping would end up in my hands  for a whopping $50,8 which came to the point that collecting is becoming unsustainable. This is when I dug into mail forwarding services, and after about 5-6 shipments without any issues I can confidently say that it's a game changer.
 
Disclaimer: please look into it yourself with your country details etc.
 
So the process is I'm using ship7.com who has a warehouse in Delaware (tax free US state), I ship my records there mostly for free or cheap media mail, I have up to 60 days free period (after that it has a small fee)to wait for multiple packages and then I ship them out to Hungary together for way cheaper than it would be  directly from the labels/stores would be, not to mention you can get US indie exclusives, get stuff from stores that only ship to the US etc.. (Also, this is up to how rulefollower you are you can play with declared value, but then again it might be risky, so it's on you to do it or not, but alone saving on shipping is huge, saving on tax is enermous). Obviously inserting a middleman is always a risk, as you have no help from the place you bought the record anymore after if arrives to the warehouse, but I was at a point of either this risk or selling off my collection. the rant stops now, here are some pictures of my last 10-record (teamed up with a friend for HIL, that's why only 9 records pictured) shipment and a sheet about the savings.