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From Brian’s tumblr, according to him it’s going to be out first week of August and confirms the title is Blood Year. https://bubblesandgutz.tumblr.com/post/184562015177/hi-brian-any-idea-when-blood-year-is-going-to-be

Ahha thanks Derek. Just got a notification on my FB history that the first teaser for Guidance was on 17th May 2016, and Guidance was released 5th August 2016. Expecting more or less the same release date for this new one.

Sunlotus from Indonesia just dropped their debut album today. Shoegaze with a huge wall of sound. https://hemalabel.bandcamp.com/album/this-old-house A friend of mine writes for a local music platform that covers stuff from South East Asia, and below is his review for one of the single: "Someone I work with has this theory that there are two kinds of shoegaze, namely “hard shoegaze” and “soft shoegaze”. If these categories truly exist, then Sunlotus are definitely an example of the former. The melancholic and soaring melodicism is there, but there’s a real heaviness and cathartic aggression to the song that hints at the members’ other bands (grind titans Deadly Weapon and hardcore/metalcore unit Warmouth) and really reminds me of Cloakroom and earlier Jesu. Definitely a band to keep an eye on."

First single, the title-track already up on spotify on my part of the world. Love it, a slow building & slow burning song with a glorious ending.

One of TLR owners work for Relapse too if I’m not mistaken. Hence the mockups look similar between the two labels. And I think the /100 variant will look almost or exactly like the mockup, because the latest Full of Hell variant of pinwheel plus splatter is quite spot on.

No worries. Glad others can enjoy this band’s music too.

Will be self-released by the band. They are genuinely great guys making great music. The PO is up for their new LP over at bandcamp and will be limited to 300 copies. Take a listen to their past releases too. https://oftenthethinker.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-possible-tenderness Official press release: Hello, everyone - We’re happy to announce that our fourth LP, Greatest Possible Tenderness, is now available for preorder! The album will be available on vinyl, as well as digital downloads. The expected release date is July 5th. GPT took over two years to finish and we are extremely proud of it. I pulled together our group of musicians from all over the country to bring these ideas to life. It was a juxtaposition of emotions at times, both an intense struggle and feelings of extreme elation. I hope that this collection of music resonates with you as it does with us. I initially jumped into the world of vinyl to listen to older records as they were intended to, i.e. a lot of jazz, country, funk, etc. While the aesthetic and feel of vinyl is intriguing, what I found is that it forces you to really sit down with your decision - it allows you to take in the record as it was intended to be heard, as well as enjoying the artwork and visuals of the record. As GPT was written in two parts, it seemed only fitting to have this pressed on vinyl. Any support of purchasing this record would make all the time, effort and money that went into this album worth it. Thank you to everyone who was involved in this album, as well as any of you who preorder a copy of it. It means the world to us.  -Often the Thinker *All vinyl preorders include a digital download code of the album and a CD of our previous album (while albums last), Better Part of Vice.

this already leaked, but only 160kbps. tempted to give a listen.

Another new song.

Glad you like it. Your descriptions about them are accurate, took the words out of my mouth. I really can't wait to listen to their new stuff that will be released soon. I thought Mogwai Fear Satan is a staple and they play it in every set. I saw them 3 times too, twice in Malaysia and once in Singapore, and fortunately they played Satan all three times. The best one was when they last came to Malaysia back in 2014, near perfect setlist with Satan as the closer.

Will be out June 7th 2019 thru Southern Lord. First single Midnight and Mescaline is up on Spotify. https://itunes.apple.com/my/album/nighttime-stories/1457865464

Thanks Derek, hope you'll dig them. They randomly followed me on IG and commented on a photo of DMST's LP that I posted, and when I gave a listen, was immediately hooked. Just noticed you've changed to the cover of MYT. Instantly made me recall Mogwai Fear Satan in a live setting. Glorious.

Hi guys, this is my first time posting in this thread. Just wanna share about this band Often The Thinker. Not sure whether they've been mentioned before, but it's FFO Do Make Say Think, The Six Parts Seven and the likes. I love the last album Better Part of Vice, and Drew (the head honcho) was really nice in shipping the CD to me in Malaysia. They're currently in the midst of releasing a new album, and looking out for interested parties to collaborate and to press it on vinyl. https://oftenthethinker.bandcamp.com/

Adam Mcgrath shared on his IG story copies of Final Transmission. A comment on the FB fanpage noticed it says “grey variant” on the hype sticker. Maybe it’s just the finished jackets?

The first single is already up by midnight 8th April.

https://itunes.apple.com/my/album/final-transmission/1457370244 out June 7th

Will be released through Equal Vision, high chance there will be PO for vinyl. https://itunes.apple.com/my/album/scream-through-the-walls/1453587622 New single will be up on 2nd April.

Hopefully we'll get to listen to it soon enough. I looked up Arluck and found about the passing of this Chicago native: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/rip-mat-arluck/ Not familiar with Sweet Cobra, but checking it out now. Interesting that they've toured together with RC.

Rooting for Bloodyear too. Plus anticipating the new song Arluck that they've played live as the first single.

Is the title going to be Bloodyear? or Bloody Tear? whatever it is, I'm ready throw my money at them once the PO is up.

Expecting the PO for the remixed/remastered version to be up soon.

Ah yes, thank you. Been years listening to music, I still got these terms mixed-up. (clearly not good with instruments) Back to LP3, might be my AOTY, so far. Wish they will tour anywhere near South East Asia soon.

Remember when they posted this? One of the songs working title is "National". I strongly feel that song is Mine To Miss, simply by the sound of the opening riff. Not very literate with guitar chords so I could be wrong though.