MCDELTAT

Nice. I’ve just started getting into them after their last album and o want to collect everything, but man are they super prolific. Hard debate.

The Sound of Animals Fighting are back at it. First music in 15 years and tour next year. At the moment, appears there’s only one variant available with VIP tickets to the tour linked below.

Natural w/ Pink Splatter - /1,000 - https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/pre-order-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-natural-with-pink-splatter

Clear Pink w/ Orange Swirl Vinyl - /750 - https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/copy-of-pre-order-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-clear-pink-with-orange-swirl
 
Purple w/White Splatter (VIP Tour Variant) - /750
https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-tour-vip-package
 
Orange Indie Exclusive - /500 - Link TBD, Support your local record store.

"Band just posted this - 1000 Pink Splatter, 750 Orange/Pink Swirl, Purple with White Splatter VIP Only. 500 transparent orange will hit retail. 3,000 total".... = /750 for the Purple Splatter. Still hunting down a link for orange, but I haven't seen it show up on any indie stores yet. - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=668469171501554&set=a.236498574698618 

Natural with Pink Splatter Vinyl - https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/pre-order-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-natural-with-pink-splatter
Clear Pink with Orange Swirl Vinyl - https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/copy-of-pre-order-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-clear-pink-with-orange-swirl
Tshirt Bundle - https://bornlosersrecords.com/products/pre-order-the-sound-of-animals-fighting-apeshit-t-shirt-vinyl-bundle
 
    

 

You have to wonder what goes into the quality control process at these labels. It's very rarely that I find a lyric sheet that doesn't have obvious spelling errors or lyrics that just flat out don't exist in the music.

A little sad but can’t say I didn’t see any of this coming.
 
Deluxe packaging of both EPs is a no brainer.
 
Then going on hiatus also makes sense. Anthony seems like he’s juggling ?3? Other projects right now between LS Dunes, Solo Stuff, and TSOAF.
 
Given that he’s always come back to projects I wouldn’t say they’re done. Also glad they left with basically everything pressed on vinyl.

Watch them shock us by having everything already pressed and ready to ship

Lets go!.... 
Who am I kidding? It's going to be a teaser for teaser #2....then more waiting.

Funny, this thread inspired me to buy the 2016 tour poster they recently uncovered. I was at the Chicago show and the lineup was epic IIoI, TWIABP, The Sidekicks, and Pinegrove. Got the silver this morning...

Was just listening to his live today. Interesting vinyl notes. Went into the Joshua Tree vinyl for a bit. Said that he sent back all the vinyl and they’re getting relabeled. Assuming that’s variants 2 and 3. Wonder if he’ll send fixed labels to variant 1 customers as well.
 
someone asked about the boxset and he said he’s not working on it at the moment. Said that because of the Joshua Tree delays + mistakes he doesn’t want to take what is likely $200+ (for 8 albums and B-sides) of fans money and then have them wait for a year or more. So then he wants to just have them in hand and ready to go, but that means the band would have to pay for it since it’s spread across so many labels. Don’t know. It’s gonna be a bit.

Was just listening to his live today. Interesting vinyl notes. Went into the Joshua Tree vinyl for a bit. Said that he sent back all the vinyl and they’re getting relabeled. Assuming that’s variants 2 and 3. Wonder if he’ll send fixed labels to variant 1 customers as well.
 
someone asked about the boxset and he said he’s not working on it at the moment. Said that because of the Joshua Tree delays + mistakes he doesn’t want to take what is likely $200+ (for 8 albums and B-sides) of fans money and then have them wait for a year or more. So then he wants to just have them in hand and ready to go, but that means the band would have to pay for it since it’s spread across so many labels. Don’t know. It’s gonna be a bit.

My Norma jean furnace Fest edition from 2021 finally was shipped today from merchnow. On the day the 2022 fest started lol

I mean... it's better than them not testing it right? They at least know if theirs major static, skips, etc. I feel like a lot of labels stopped checking, or only listen to 1/10, which is how we got a million records from the ETID Parts Unknown press that have 1-3 skips depending on your luck.

Just got an email with an update on 1st press. They confirmed they were able to intercept it at the port before it got to Awesome, so it’s going to them in Portland. Besides having limited mail order staff, sounds positive.

Just got an email with an update on 1st press. They confirmed they were able to intercept it at the port before it got to Awesome, so it’s going to them in Portland. Besides having limited mail order staff, sounds positive.

Just got an email with an update on 1st press. They confirmed they were able to intercept it at the port before it got to Awesome, so it’s going to them in Portland. Besides having limited mail order staff, sounds positive.

Well yeah, this is a big factor in releases these days. Not to bring it up again, but I got kicked from the Holy Fawn discord for sharing the pressing info (not images). The band responded to me saying the labels all wanted it that way.

My conjecture: All the other dealers (Hard Times, Indies, whatever) have it in their contract to not reveal before hand.
1) To increase FOMO, to increase the chance you'll just buy the first variant that you see or gets dropped on VC. If all the links are right there nice and tidy in front of you, you're willing to take the time to get the prettier/cheaper one.
2) To make it less clear how easy it is to get the record. Here we are, all begging friends with tickets to pick us up a copy, all by guaranteeing that it will sell out at FF. Then when the announce for any others come later, we'll both be happy that there are options and they'll have 1-2 less variants to sell through.
3) Reinforces the "go visit the label IG/FB/Twitter", that's where you get the information, not through some random VC forum post that's better put together than what the Intern did in 2 days.

Well yeah, this is a big factor in releases these days. Not to bring it up again, but I got kicked from the Holy Fawn discord for sharing the pressing info (not images). The band responded to me saying the labels all wanted it that way.

My conjecture: All the other dealers (Hard Times, Indies, whatever) have it in their contract to not reveal before hand.
1) To increase FOMO, to increase the chance you'll just buy the first variant that you see or gets dropped on VC. If all the links are right there nice and tidy in front of you, you're willing to take the time to get the prettier/cheaper one.
2) To make it less clear how easy it is to get the record. Here we are, all begging friends with tickets to pick us up a copy, all by guaranteeing that it will sell out at FF. Then when the announce for any others come later, we'll both be happy that there are options and they'll have 1-2 less variants to sell through.
3) Reinforces the "go visit the label IG/FB/Twitter", that's where you get the information, not through some random VC forum post that's better put together than what the Intern did in 2 days.

Got an ad for them on IG a month or so back with the lead single. Listened to and while plenty of other bands sound like them, something still sets them apart. Been waiting for the whole album to drop, but otherwise enjoying every album they've put out thus far.

Well yeah, this is a big factor in releases these days. Not to bring it up again, but I got kicked from the Holy Fawn discord for sharing the pressing info (not images). The band responded to me saying the labels all wanted it that way.

My conjecture: All the other dealers (Hard Times, Indies, whatever) have it in their contract to not reveal before hand.
1) To increase FOMO, to increase the chance you'll just buy the first variant that you see or gets dropped on VC. If all the links are right there nice and tidy in front of you, you're willing to take the time to get the prettier/cheaper one.
2) To make it less clear how easy it is to get the record. Here we are, all begging friends with tickets to pick us up a copy, all by guaranteeing that it will sell out at FF. Then when the announce for any others come later, we'll both be happy that there are options and they'll have 1-2 less variants to sell through.
3) Reinforces the "go visit the label IG/FB/Twitter", that's where you get the information, not through some random VC forum post that's better put together than what the Intern did in 2 days.

Well yeah, this is a big factor in releases these days. Not to bring it up again, but I got kicked from the Holy Fawn discord for sharing the pressing info (not images). The band responded to me saying the labels all wanted it that way.

My conjecture: All the other dealers (Hard Times, Indies, whatever) have it in their contract to not reveal before hand.
1) To increase FOMO, to increase the chance you'll just buy the first variant that you see or gets dropped on VC. If all the links are right there nice and tidy in front of you, you're willing to take the time to get the prettier/cheaper one.
2) To make it less clear how easy it is to get the record. Here we are, all begging friends with tickets to pick us up a copy, all by guaranteeing that it will sell out at FF. Then when the announce for any others come later, we'll both be happy that there are options and they'll have 1-2 less variants to sell through.
3) Reinforces the "go visit the label IG/FB/Twitter", that's where you get the information, not through some random VC forum post that's better put together than what the Intern did in 2 days.

The green vinyl for “Expert in A Dying Field” was delivered to me on Monday! I’ve been spinning it ever since and it’s fantastic! I saw the Beths in Detroit about a month ago and they blew me away.

Can't we all just have our own opinions without trying to be the most clever at shitting on another person? I'm not on anyone's side in this debate. There just seems to be a lot of wasted energy here. I guess it's just the internet... Be kinder, folks. I hope Topshelf can pull themselves outta this mess.

Real estate. Unless you sell out of every record and every variant, you’re going to have lots of back inventory, which requires space. As mentioned in the Topshelf announce, they had their own place but realtors wanted to gouge them and increase rent 32%.
 
Mike Park does it out of his Moms house and does small presses because he can’t have 5K records floating around at a time. Other labels like Lauren Records do it out of their houses. It’s basically one of two methods. House or gamble on renting a place.
 
The other factor is staffing. You might have days where you get 5 orders, so you’d have to have multi-discipline staff that can then go spend the other 7 hours of their day doing something else label related. Otherwise you’re either paying too much orrr you end up bringing in people just for a new pre-order rush, which leads to people not knowing how to pack records, etc. Then you get complaints and no one buys from you anymore, etc. Hard balance.

Real estate. Unless you sell out of every record and every variant, you’re going to have lots of back inventory, which requires space. As mentioned in the Topshelf announce, they had their own place but realtors wanted to gouge them and increase rent 32%.
 
Mike Park does it out of his Moms house and does small presses because he can’t have 5K records floating around at a time. Other labels like Lauren Records do it out of their houses. It’s basically one of two methods. House or gamble on renting a place.
 
The other factor is staffing. You might have days where you get 5 orders, so you’d have to have multi-discipline staff that can then go spend the other 7 hours of their day doing something else label related. Otherwise you’re either paying too much orrr you end up bringing in people just for a new pre-order rush, which leads to people not knowing how to pack records, etc. Then you get complaints and no one buys from you anymore, etc. Hard balance.