Jim Steele

New song does not sound good at all. Doesn't even come close to anything off the previous album. Thought this would be an instant preorder for me. Now, not so much.

Same here. Went fast! Gotta say that all the variants look nice though.

Been picking up a whole lotta 20bs lately. And with that new Tomb Mold coming up..

New Superstition is up at 20BS https://www.20buckspin.com/collections/front/products/superstition-the-anatomy-of-unholy-transformation-lp

Shipping from the UK can take ages sometimes, for whatever reason. In the past year, I’ve had two UK shipments that I thought got lost, turn up like 6 weeks later or so. So with a bit of luck you might still get your copy. As for the Holy Fawn record. I got my copy two days ago. Shipped outside of sleeves, and with some clearly visible scratches. Haven’t had a chance to play it yet, but based on what I read here, I haven’t got much hope.

Is it me or were prices extra brutal this year? At my local record store: * Yes - Yes €39,99 * High on Fire - Bat Salad €34,99 (three tracks!) * 13th Floor Elevators €39,99 * Czarface - Double Dose of Danger €34,99 Didn't buy anything in the end...

Just came across a UK store that sells a colored version of the album for £24.99. Color is unspecified, but I placed an order regardless, since I missed out on the ones that were offered on the Baroness site. Apparently, this is a UK indies exclusive: https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/product/baroness-gold-grey-cd-album-or-coloured-vinyl-lp-pre-order/ Rough Trade has a ltd. edition for sale as well (probably the same one), and their website states it's limited to 2500 copies: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/music/baroness-gold-and-grey

Same here. Didn't even see the splatters. All that was left was the gold one. Sold out while checking out. Damn!

Sold out while I was in the process of checking out :/

Agreed. And yet they still sell out in no time, so I’m guessing we haven’t seen the end of them yet.

Cool. Ordered. Gotta confess I wasn’t familiar with them, but have always dug NMH.

Got the /100, but can’t say I’m digging the first single that much. We’ll see

Looking forward to the album. But after shipping, it comes down to $55 to Europe. So I have to pass, unfortunately

I agree it shouldn’t be more than $25-30. Then again, with the Sleep craze we’ve seen this year.. The green/black split of The Sciences? $50 I think. Tour edition of The Sciences? Same thing. Not to mention what that single song Leagues Beneath is fetching on discogs (plus I saw stores sell it for €30 as well, a one-song, one-side record in a flimsy cover). Considering the fact I couldn’t order the silver/green or hazy green variants anywhere in Europe, and Newbury offers reasonable shipping, I’m OK with this price (as an exception, obviously don’t have the funds to pay this much for every record I get).

Do Sleep records ever sell for normal prices? And I actually dig the color!

Ordered! Thanks!

Does anyone know if the hazy green or cornetto are available anywhere in Europe?

New variant looks good. Weird that it's 5 euros cheaper than the "regular" gold 1st press though. But good for those of you buying it

They sure put out some good records, but I’ve never experienced service as bad as theirs. Basically, ever since they relocated the EU store from the Netherlands to Germany, it has been impossible to order anything from them. You can place an order, of course, but actually receiving it is a different matter. So for now I’m just buying from 20bs, Relapse etc, until that whole PL mess is sorted out.

On the one hand, I see your point. On the other hand, if they release two or more wanted records at the same time, you’re also more likely to miss out. For some reason, Relapse get a lot of shit on here for their pricing tactics. I find what Pelagic did with the latest The Ocean preorder much worse: price will increase after the first 100 and 200 have sold. At least with Relapse, you know what’s what: you want the most limited version, you need to pay for that. You’re fine with a less fancy version, you pay less. Works for me

Yep, me too. Pic would be appreciated

Same here. No shipping to The Netherlands...

How fast will 5000 copies sell out? If I'm right, 9 AM AEST is 1 AM for me, so I'm wondering if I should stay up or take a chance and wait until the morning...

Damn, missed it!

Picked up the double mint/pink merge yesterday. Digging the album!