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When is Ben going to accept that he's a folk musician? His solo output has always been so hokey. Maybe I'm just bitter that Walla hasn't done any solo stuff in a while.

Had a really cool experience with Fat Possum. I bought two Ellis records from them, one pink and one coke bottle. When they arrived, there was a note in the package saying they were out of the pink so they just sent the white. The other one was wrong as well––they'd sent a plain black instead of the coke bottle. I emailed them about it asking for a refund, but they responded within an hour saying the correct variants were on their way to me and that I could keep the old ones. Sure enough, the replacements were correct (and stunning). It was really refreshing to see a label handle this sort of situation so well, so big big kudos to FP.

Album is fantastic.

Hyped to see two of the songs are featuring KC Dalager of Now, Now. 

10 hours ago, hyperg1ant said:

This will be a sick album!

 

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How tf did you find this??

Looking for this one. It recently sold out on their webstore, and like an idiot I was waiting to buy it. If anyone has it, I'll gladly pay the retail price for the tape alone. (I don't need the hat.)

Few suggestions:

Dides http://dides.bandcamp.com/

Unique instrumental chillwave from the dude behind From Indian Lakes.

Unconditional Arms https://unconditionalarms.bandcamp.com/album/what-i-had-left-behind

Very solid post-rock a la Tides of Man.

Holden Days https://blurescent.bandcamp.com/album/sylvan-lands-vol-ii

Chill dream-twinkle-folk, kinda like a hazier, more ethereal Fleet Foxes.

Just heard the single––a very different direction for them, didn't expect that at all. I like their take on shoegaze, but I also like this, so I'm really interested to see what the rest of the album is like.

I remember preordering the /100 variant of Anymore only for the label to email saying they overcounted, so I ended up getting the black along with a free consolation LP I had to get rid of. Wish I would've gotten this /100, but I guess I'll settle for the /150 even though clear isn't my thing. Hopefully the same thing doesn't happen this time around.

23 minutes ago, Tidal Wave said:

Will this result in any actual improvements in the audio field or just help you get a C on your paper?

¿Por qué no los dos?

Newbury just announced a purple pressing of Swoon: https://www.newburycomics.com/collections/exclusive-vinyl/products/silversun_pickups-swoon_exclusive_lp?variant=31884063506537

Also, the sea glass Carnavas is back in stock if you missed it the first time: https://www.newburycomics.com/products/silversun_pickups-carnavas_exclusive_2lp?variant=28814047576169

That really is weird. I'm assuming it's just black? If so, that'd be the most expensive standard 2xLP I've seen. This album is nostalgic af for me, but I'm not sure if it's worth it. 

Haven't had the chance to listen to the full alum yet, but the singles were really hit or miss for me. Surprisingly bland compared to their last two releases. That pic 7" is pretty cool though, might pick up that bundle if I end up digging the rest of the album.

So it's like Turnover's latest album but a little better in some areas. Cool?

If you're set on the LP60, a new stylus would probably give you the most value at this point. However, I agree that the money would be better spent on a newer table. Many of the other entry-level tables (U-Turn, etc.) will have better configurations out of the box than what you'd get by upgrading the LP60.

How does one take advantage of this offer? 

So these are All Old Materials?

I sent Midnight in America by Modern Life Is War––it was the only thing I had that fit the genre list haha. Got it as a freebie, figured why not pass that on. 

This is awesome. PM incoming.

54 minutes ago, Derek™ said:

It's like the climax of Halls of Summer stretched out for an entire track.  I'm way into it.

Perfect description. 

I also didn't realize their last LP was in 2015. Listened to that one quite a bit but haven't gone back in a while. But this new track is more engaging than a lot of stuff off Dust imo. It's giving me some Tides of Man vibes and I really dig that.

Oh also, the merch company did send me replacements, which were also dinged, and one was dinged worse than either of my initial copies  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

11 hours ago, Juturna90 said:

Went to the show in Denver tonight. The tour variant is half blue/half white for anyone wondering. $30. Didn’t seem like they were limiting them. 

Damn, I hope they put them up for sale after the tour. Sounds like it's cooler than the green, which is nice but kinda disappointing.

25 minutes ago, deafening said:

My response was directed at no one specifically. 

Fair enough. But I still don't think it's a lazy argument. Then again, these forums aren't exactly home to the most renowned philosophers.

14 minutes ago, deafening said:

Exactly. People assuming you only dislike these albums just because they are not Peripheral Vision is a lazy argument.

 

It is possible for an album to lack any depth, be forgettable, and hold no lasting value to a person. This isn't new, and Turnover didn't invent the boring album, they just perfected it (ohhhhhhhhhhh!)

You can @ me next time, man. It's not a lazy argument––what I said holds true for the majority of people criticizing Turnover's new stuff. Notice how my response literally says "if you don't like the new stuff on its own, that's fine." But you can't blame me for being fucking sick of the majority of people whining that it's not PV when that's not the point.

4 minutes ago, holyvacantsholyhell said:

Shhhh you’ll offend sunshine and he’ll think you’re a pleb. It doesn’t matter that this album is hot garbage at all.

I just think it's hilarious that we have a bunch of adults bickering over a band.

The problem isn't that this album is bad on its own merit. The problem is, like deafening alluded to, whenever people talk about Turnover, they're talking about PV.  Comparing GN and Altogether to PV really hurts them as independent albums. Like, yeah, GN sucks in comparison to PV, but I like quite a few of the songs because I take them as they are. Same with Altogether. If you don't like Altogether on its own, that's fine, not your thing. But not liking something doesn't mean it's bad.