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Got a clear, and yeah, the sound is bad : there is a LOT of surface noise. I'm not too sensitive usually, but here it bothers listening.

It's hard to pinpoint one reason why I think it was more powerful back in the day. Probably a few things combined together. They played material solely from the first three releases only, which IMHO, are their crown achievements. Hearing all of F#A# was immense, especially the Dead Flag Blues outro, which is beautiful live. Also, having a cellist back in the day added another layer to the sound, especially for playing the older material. Also, this doesn't take away from the recent shows, but you have to remember that back then, post-rock was still pretty fresh,  so seeing this stuff blasted live was something fairly new to me (and others), which added to the resonance at the time.  Not really trying to take away from their recent performances, which are still very, very good. 

Cuphead is one of my most anticipated upcoming games, even more so now that it finally has a release date. But c'mon, I am not spending $100 on a soundtrack when I haven't even played the game yet. Seems a bit premature. And yeah I'll be pissed if I end up loving the game and the soundtrack is sold out by then and in the hands of mostly flippers, but still not dropping the money now. 

Announcing Ostraca - last
New album available now digitally and up for pre-order on limited edition vinyl and cassette! Fans of Yaphet Kotto, Loma Prieta, and emo-violence will love this record.
Pressing info:
/250 Blue w/ Black Smoke vinyl (less than 20 remain at the time of posting)
/250 White vinyl
/200 Blue Tint cassette
Pre-order here
Bundles with a new t-shirt design and past albums also available. Pre-orders are expected to ship by mid August.

THEY'RE HERE

This new Iam8bit "Updates" page is great and all, but some explanation of the delays would be nice. My friend ordered me and him a copy of Ori, which was supposed to ship in November.  Now this page says January and with no actual reason. 
 
http://iam8bit.com/updates

Actually, didn't Transistor sell out as well? At least, I haven't seen it on their web store for a while now anyways. Just kidding,

Have to be honest, the Hero of Time samples aren't really catching my attention. Production quality aside (obviously they are just mockup samples), the arrangements sound too dramatic/cinematic for my taste. It kind of loses the cute and simple charm of the original N64 soundtrack. I wish they approached this more like the Smash Bros Melee orchestra soundtrack "Smashing...Live!" by just taking the exact arrangement (for the most part) but recreating it with orchestral instruments. Artwork is gorgeous though.

So, it's official! 
 


Really stoked to be releasing the soundtrack to Rogue Legacy. I'm a huge fan of this game and the score, so this is a dream come true for me.
 
We'll be selling it online at our store (best for EU customers) on Wednesday, OR you can pick it up from our pals at Mondo on the same day.
 
Any questions, let me know!

Hell yeah, a 2 for 1 announcement for Red Dead Redemption HD and a soundtrack repress!
 
Oh. 

The guy who does Drug Song, 666, Morning Sun, & other classic songs.

I know some of you missed out on the Hyper Light Drifter tapes last time, so we've got a new Titan edition reissue on cyan & lavender tapes out next Friday.

250 of these bundles available and they go up at 12PM EST!

Thought on it for a while and pulled the trigger. 98 bucks for the combo with shipping. Geeze.

Thought about it but that price is killing my buzz 

Look what just arrived!!!
 







 
The packaging is rather decent for Pelagic standards...nothing special, no Gatefold or anything....but that colours and especially that etching on side 4 are INSANE!!!

New 3LP boxset Declaring War On Nostalgia from The Saddest Landscape. Pre-order is live.
 
A 3LP/34 Track Box set containing 15 years worth of non-LP tracks. (22 Releases in total if you are counting) plus a few unreleased/new songs.
Also includes a deluxe full color LP sized book containing lyrics/photos/essays etc.
The 3 LPs come in fully packaged LP jackets, and all is housed in a sturdy case-wrapped box designed to look great on your record shelf.
It does also come with a digital download.
 
Two versions:

Standard on Clear/Silver/Clear w. Silver splatter vinyl.  $40 before shipping
http://thesaddestlandscape.bigcartel.com/product/standard-edition-declaring-war-on-nostalgia-box-set
 
Deluxe on Purple/Aqua+Purple A side B side / Aqua vinyl. $50 before shipping.  Also includes an exclusive hand #d/signed envelope containing a handful of flyers/posters/setlists/lyrics/photos/stickers etc. from the past 15 years. And 4 orders will contain a 6" record we recorded at Thirdman last year. We also will be randomly inserting a test press in one deluxe order.
http://thesaddestlandscape.bigcartel.com/product/deluxe-edition-declaring-war-on-nostalgia-box-set

 
Sadly international shipping quote for the box is estimated at an extra $50 so I'm out, specially considering how weak the pound is right now.

*EDIT* Forgot the release date. It's 11th November 2016.
 
Tracklist  
 
Shifting My Clarity   Redefining Loneliness   Death Becomes Us   So Lightly Thrown   All Grace Intact   Kissed By Strangers   A Season Of Goodbyes   Loss Will Find Us   Burning Fight   Raisans   Downer   Weighing Out The Desirables   With You I Could Never Be Alone   The Seduction Of Alabaster   Sin And Sin Again   The Weight Of The World And Every Dress You Ever Wore   Spring   Forty Four Sunsets   Kiss Like A Miracle   The Sixth Golden Ticket   John And Jimmy   Eternity Is Lost On The Dying   Boxcar   In Love With The Sound (Live)   So Lightly Thrown (Live)   Declaring War On Nostalgia (Live)   A Statue Of A Girl (May 15th) (Live)   Desperate Vespers (Live)   Eternity Is Lost On The Dying (Live)   You Never Asked (Demo)   Trimmed And Burning (Demo)   Archival (Demo)   The Actress And The Funeral   The Temptation That Is Yo

That's great...except it has absolutely nothing to do with what people are talking about in this thread.

THAT TOUR PRESS IS SO SICK

Ah, yes to both! 

Can be ordered from the band bandcamp for Europe : https://deathspellomega.bandcamp.com/album/the-synarchy-of-molten-bones
15€

It's the double edged sword of the format really.
The actual physical playing of a record and it's surrounding environment can change so many things.

Vinyl noise is almost always in some sort of surface contamination on any record. More often than not it is minuscule dust particles that are the culprit, on the record or stylus. A good cleaning will resolve a lot of that, however even the cleanest record can have surface noise that is noticeable in the lower end of it's dynamic moments, especially repetitive ones (your ear will notice subtle changes). This is why we try not to manufacture "Hazed" releases, as the process itself leaves so much surface dust/sand on a record, it isn't worth it from an audiophile perspective.

Comparing vinyl colors in terms of "sound" isn't really something that will yield results based on color. Again, the X factor is always dust and contamination. Every time you take a record out of a sleeve, static brings particles to it. You'll never be able to run a proper test unless you were in a dust free NASA lab. Comparing a Test Press to the last record pressed of a 100k press would be an interesting experiment though. None of us press those sort of numbers though to do that. Plates don't deteriorate as they once did in the 70's and 80's, as we aren't pressing huge amount of records w/ the same plates in use. Plates are generally remade if they are lost, broken, or a release is moved to a new manufacturing facility.

I can't speak for other labels, but we are strict w/ our Test Pressings in terms of quality. If we notice any abnormalities, they won't make it to press w/ any record.
Hope this gives some folks insight into some things when it comes to vinyl. Thanks.
 
-J.
 

And copy from DW showed up today. So good looking! 
 

 
 

I'm thinking the hype was definitely justified; this record is leaps and bounds beyond anything Oathbreaker have released before, in my opinion.  Love at first listen.

Neurosis fans in Belgium will rejoice and be all over this.

Prob does belong over in the postmetal thread or EEM, but what the heck, it's difficult not to chime in. Like many bands with longevity, ISIS picked up and lost fans as their sound changed. Celestial seems to be the turning point in my retrospectoscope.
To the point, frighteningly again, I'm with the OP re: musical likes, in this case: ITAOT.  My ears hear Danny Carey's influence all over Aaron Harris's beats that move this album. I happen like Turner's clean vocals, and his growls are perfect. Oceanic, Panopticon, ITAOT and WR are hard to kick out of bed (and the Melvins split), but I do find myself singing Dulcinea and Holy Tears all the time. Panopticon may be a 9.9 in many aspects, still play it frequently, and it never grows old/ love it every time. I still own 3 copies of it. 
Early ISIS just abrades my soft, white Victorian underbelly

this is why we need downvotes back