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Man, this thread was a wild ride.

Oh hell yeah. Going to order this soon. Here’s the link: https://blackhouseinc.storenvy.com/products/33167797-oxbow-let-me-be-a-woman-lp

Oh yeah. I need to just throw it on front to back one of these days and see if that helps instead of just listening to random songs. The way people talk about it makes me feel like I should love it.

I really like their first album and have never really listened to much besides that and Beyond Hypothermia. I try to get into Jupiter every few months but it still does nothing for me. Going to have to skip that one and see if I enjoy any after that. The Sacrifice Poles album is pretty good. Edit: skipped through a bit of White Silence and that stuff is pretty cool.

I’ll be the super grandpa for a moment and say that big shows like that sound awful and 99% of those bands are fucking horrible.

That looks like actual hell on earth.

That company just sucks and that happens to their games too. They constantly delayed their Monkey Island box release date without saying anything to their customers most of the time and I ended up receiving it one year to the day after I ordered it, even though it was supposed to ship in 3ish months.

Jealous of those Chicago Built to Spill dates. Damn. I saw Team Dresch open for BtS last month and uhhh, will definitely be skipping them this time when I see Jawbreaker.

I had to try a bunch of different names since it had been so long. It’s also case sensitive.

That’s kinda shitty they aren’t changing the price to reflect it not including that record.

The version of Dumb without cello alone is enough to make me want this.

Ah yeah, that makes sense. Probably wouldn’t be a dealbreaker for me if I hadn’t bought it before that happened.

Not sure when it was added, but there is a note saying remaining boxes won’t have sleeves for Early Tapes. I wonder what happened there.

The price of that Beatles box was waaaaaaaaaay too good to be true.

Looks like there’s about one fiddy left. Going fast.

The thing you said about people who start families is true for me at least. I just don’t have the time or ability to listen to music between juggling the kid and putting him down for naps. Trying to flip a record while he is finishing a bottle or finally fell asleep in my arms is impossible. He is four months old as of today and will be crawling and walking before I know it, so I am in the process of figuring out what the hell to do with my records for the next few years. Such is life. I also just don’t care about music the way I did when I was 10, 15, 20. Some days I feel broken up over it, but I figure it’s just because music doesn’t have the same mystique as it used to when I was younger. I’m hoping things change. To actually answer your question, I listen to every record I buy but typically only have the chance to listen to a couple records a month. I do need to sell some of the stuff I don’t need though. Why do I own like seven Sunn albums when most of them sound the same? Who knows.

I can’t really do the more recent Mount Eerie stuff. It’s a bit too voyeuristic for me, even though he chose to release those albums. I don’t like being sad if I have the choice. I lurk here and there and popped in last night to see some familiar users. I’m doing extremely well these days. Probably better than I have ever been and would like to think I am at the point where I can socialize in a more normal manner, haha. Hope you are doing well too. Definitely throwing on dark mode asap.

Mine is loading everything from back in the day. I don’t buy nearly as many records these days but god damn it would be time consuming trying to update everything 5/6 years later. Edit: throwing mine in since people are sharing. https://deadformat.com/collection/builttoolong

I wonder how many Soundcloud emo rappers are going to use those stems to sample. Ended up buying this against my better judgement. Thank goodness for tax returns. I am a way bigger Mount Eerie fan and would definitely buy something along these lines in the future.

I had no idea it leaked and am tempted now. I REALLY hope it is better than the last three singles. I love Persona Non Grata but really didn’t enjoy the other ones. I already preordered it, so I guess listening early doesn’t really matter. Still very curious though.

I totally forgot that I ordered this until just now. Damn.

Why can’t a normal label like Numero get the rights to the Sparklehorse stuff? For fuck’s sake. Almost anyone besides VMP would have been cool. I feel pretty dirty after spending that much, but I guess I’m a sucker. RIP my foray back into the hobby. Gonna go back to listening to music with one AirPod.

Haha, was kinda kidding because one of you mentioned not letting this turn into one of those threads. Patiently waiting for it to come.

Anyone receive a shipping confirmation yet? 😉 I've listened to this album probably 20 times since it came out and am pretty in love. I only gave this band a shot due to most of you guys in this thread talking about them around the time Illumination Ritual came out and have been obsessed ever since. Kinda gonna catch up on a lot of previous discussion right now, sorry. Feel free to ignore me. I'm not a fan of the synth 90% of the time, with the end of Petition being the main exception. God damn it puts a smile on my face every time when those drums come in leading into Time The Destroyer. The synth all just sounds like really generic sounding Guitar Center preset tones and I think it could have benefited from some warmer mellotron or organ sounds vs. the Moog Sub Phatty or whatever it is (just personal preference). The composition is there, just not feeling the tones. Obviously it is Chris and crew's vision and it works for them, so I'll live with it. Enough complaints and other than that, fucking Jesus the drums are out of this world and the tangles of guitar melt my brain. The dude really does have a genius ear for finding drummers. Probably the #1 reason I like this band so much. When the vocals come in with the drums at the end of Last Words and Final Celebrations is one of the prettiest things I have ever heard in my life. I read Chris say all of the guitar reverb on the album is natural due to the room and mic placement and that gets an A+++++++ from me. Great engineering going on there. I can't stand when people use really noticeable pedal reverb for cleaner guitars...makes me throw up in my mouth a little as my music taste devolves with age. The 3:45 and on part of Collision is also particularly beautiful. I could pick apart way more as if anyone cares but yeah, wonderful wonderful album. Seeing them in August and can't wait. /self indulgent rant over. I hope you are all doing well. As far as album order for me. Not a single bad one though and not sure where the new one fits in yet: 1.) Illumination Ritual - this album has an immediacy that is really impressive for a band that was so far into their career at that point. Cathedral Rings is perfect. 2.) Mare Vitalis - Fishing the Sky is the best guitar riff ever written in my opinion and Storms is top tier Appleseed Cast. I wish I could yell like that. 3.) Low Level Owl (pt. 2 > pt. 1) - I could really do without the interludes most of the time but oh well. Just doesn't please my ears as much as it used to. 4.) Two Conversations - I enjoy the tighter song structures and lack of post-rock influence compared to some of their other stuff. It is refreshing. 5.) Peregrine and Sagarmatha tied - I don't really spend much time with either of these, so feel free to school me. 6.) Ring Wars - Album is perfect and way more down my alley musically than anything else they have done, just doesn't have a lot of the elements that make me love this band. The lack of ringing cymbals and octopus drumming bums me out, haha. And I definitely understand the SDRE comparison.

I have never played VIII but will have to give a try. I honestly haven’t heard many good things about it and just assume people are blowing it out of proportion.