timsimmons

So the clear/pink on her website sold out (it appears it was /1000 along with the signed card) and they replaced it with a purple/black marble.

I’d like to see them reissued at the very least. Either in SO5 or a repress.

I bet a large portion of it is Fab Four Suture.

Yeah. Would have loved a 7” of that.

Clear / pink wisps first 1000 come with signed card https://bodega.lomavistarecordings.com/products/soccer-mommy-sometimes-forever-limited-edition-clear-pink-lp?_ga=2.243342662.2117719660.1648041350-127957836.1648041350

Bullmoose has it too

Looks like Indie is a pink with black splatter/whisp https://shop.lunamusic.net/Soccer-Mommy-Sometimes-Forever-Pink-Black-Spla-p/888072436039.htm

UO accidentally put up a lavender variant this morning (it’s down now) new video for the track Shotgun goes up at 2cst. So it will probably be announced then. so there will probably be a few variants if UO has one. Doesn’t VMP put out it’s weekly offerings on Wednesdays?

Nope. I read win. biggest wince for me is Peter Pan.

Electric Blue by far. best song on that record.

Rank: Funeral Suburbs Reflektor Neon Bible Everything Now

Yeah. Big suburbs vibes with this song. I also enjoyed maybe 4-5 songs of EN. But yeah it’s the weakest of the 5 records.

TTL with a tri color of Floating coffin. Limited to 400.

Pass because of the effort and the low chances.

Warp fixed!

Also, with warping becoming more and more common because of hurried productions, 180g/200g records should be more common to cut down on warping. I know people get bent out of shape because its a gimmick, but I've been in this hobby for the past 25 years and (anecdotally) I've only had 3-4 very minor warps in the first 23 years but I've had twice as many major warps in the past two. They need to do whatever they can to mitigate this issue.

Got this. Nice looking set that for sure. Some quibbles. Thru Day 1: Can confirm a warp. Mine is on LP1. Can't even play it. Hoping to use the vinyl flat on it later tonight. Hoping for the best. The individual sleeves are pretty basic (basically a medium stock printer inner). For the price, super basic outers would have been reasonable. Also, Records goes right in them. no inner sleeves included. Luckily, they can fit an inner (using a mofi type sleeve - nothing pokes out) Also, it would be nice to put the flatbed jam in the box, but its sleeve is standard and 1/8" too big for the clamshell. So thats annoying. Sound is pretty good. Some of the usual GZ issues like crackles and surface noise. Didn't really do a thorough cleaning because I was excited to play it, so that will probably help. Mastering sounds fantastic. Typical Bellman stuff.

I would love for them to start pressing those LP releases. Make them look like the DMB live trax boxes but with the silver foil wrap.

Target shipping is all over the place. I've gotten several in the bag, loose in a large box and a record mailer. Its never consistent. Super weird. Walmart mailers are decent.

Good news. When I heard they were getting pressed at QRP, I had to get a set from this batch. excited to compare.

Ugh. I wish the government would ban styrofoam. The worst.

Yeah, I’ve been a member since 95. I’ve missed out getting tickets, but that’s life man. Really happy with their club and they seem to really bring the fans in which is something for a band of their size and popularity.

To be clear, I’m generally fine with the 10c. They could communicate better and I wish they didn’t make EVERYTHING super limited (but I get that they are constrained by inventory space), but they are generally responsive to issues, they offer good stuff. Taking a 20,000 ft view of it, it’s a fine organization. I think they have touchy fans who interact in a vacuum, so issues tend to be amplified.

They have said that Mail Innovations allows them to better manage shipments. my guess is, UPS threw lots of tech and equipment at them to be their only shipper and because they are a small operation they just say ‘fuck it’ because it makes their jobs easier and it’s easier to send out form email responses to complaints. Plus their shit sells regardless of speed, issues or costs, so there’s no real incentive for them to change.

Its a fine list. 3-4 items I want. Totally reasonable. Shame the Pinkpantheress release seems to be Europe only though.