revisited

Yep, had a download card in there. No hype stickers, just a barcode sticker with a variant code. Really nice package with the slip cover. 

Got my yellow copy the other day. Sounds amazing. 

got my candy cane variant and coffee on saturday. color looks pretty dope, playing it now.

hallelujah

knuckle puck is on wax bodega with hot mulligan, so label mates now

i like it. i get more shapeshifter vibes from the new song rather than a continuation of 20/20. more of the same sure, but there's a little aggression back, and at least these recordings sound good. i loved the first two full lengths but they sound awful.

My shipped copy was sent in an oversized box as well, pretty gnarly crease 1/3 of the way along the spine. It also had the same little tick mark where my first copy had one, so I guess it’s a common issue. Back to the store it goes. 

My target sold out the night of release and constantly checked the stock in the app. Managed to pick up a copy today (only 2 left). They each had a small crease mark on the upper right by the spine, if I were to nitpick. But based on everyone’s shipping experience I am glad to have gotten one. I also got a notification for my shipped copy while I was on my way home (ordered in case I struck out in store, planned to cancel when I got home but too late). We’ll see how that one turns out. 

I am pretty sure these will be plentiful in store before long. Hope everyone can get the issues with their copies sorted out. 

bought from taylor’s store and got a german pressing

rise really knocked it out of the park with the packaging on this release

throwing a pity party for myself because i waited until the announced preorder time to check, only to find out gold was long sold out. still ordered the silver, but getting buyers remorse for paying $12 for priority when it'll likely be elsewhere with cheaper/free shipping. oh well.

Got mine today as well. For anyone wondering, they shipped in the original sorter boxes so there’s not too much protection. Got a corner ding on my box that crushed a couple corners of the jackets inside. But honestly considering the size and weight, I’m not that upset. 

The records themselves are in printed inners. I haven’t taken all of them out but my EPM had some pretty bad creasing and bending on it. Others I opened were great, though! 

chad mentioned in his instagram story that there might a tour variant

 got the white/purple and a one more round 7". shipping was $10.90 for media mail. yikes.

On 6/12/2021 at 6:27 PM, lostcrimes said:

Mine only had the mp3 coupon sticker. 

can vouch. got 2 copies, one when it originally dropped and another the next day, grouped with another record to get free shipping. i requested to cancel the original order, but walmart didn't approve the request.

both copies arrived with sleeve damage, which sucks, but one had the color hype and mp3 sticker, the other only had the mp3 sticker. i opened the one without the color hype sticker, and it was colored. haven't opened the other one yet.

1 minute ago, derkwithano said:

Where'd you get that info?

i have both copies and compared the matrix etchings. they appear to be the same plates, but pressed at different plants, so the 2021 press has additional machine stampings in addition to the handwritten etchings/signature (which are identical). i'm not super knowledgeable about how records are pressed, so if my read on this is wrong, please correct me.

2021 reads made in canada on jacket

2017 reads made in usa on jacket

i have/had copies of the 2017 infirmary, good mourning and crimson, and they all sound like low quality mp3s, sadly.

29 minutes ago, Wasda Deelwifkramer said:

You think Tom and the band will actually sign 2,700 copies by hand? I'm shocked he isn't charging $60-70 for the signed copies like he has done in the past.

never forget

i posted this in the RSD thread, but the trio infirmary repress uses the same plates from the 2017 split color pressings, which sound horrific. if they repress good mourning or crimson, i'd bet its the same for those as well.

got the /100 and /300 TTS signed exclusives and the BV exclusive. the newbury variant is kind of interesting, so is the orange/red variant. but 3/13 ain't bad. thought about getting the empire club pressing, but i'm not too crazy about the variant. 3 copies are enough (ha ha)

10 minutes ago, Boaty McBoatface said:

I’ve had the translucent green 2011 press for a long while and it sounds great, but looks stupid. Now I have this one that looks great, but sounds shitty. WHY?!

I had an OG at the time and passed on all the cobra side pressings. The OG didn’t survive one of my many purges and boy am I regretting that. 

for anyone wondering about the alkaline trio record, the same plates were used as the last pressing from 4 years ago. it still sadly sounds horrible. 

got alkaline trio, ariana, lupe and linkin park at my local. got haim and senses fail at zia. both were flickering in and out of stock, so i guess keep trying there if you're looking for stuff.

2 hours ago, TheWindBlower said:

Why in the world is this $50??? Are literal gold flakes pressed into it ?

according to their ig a portion of the proceeds go to musicares. strange they don't indicate that on the product page?

$50 10” quietly back in stock. Not sure how many there are. 
 

https://kingsroadmerch.com/jimmy-eat-world/product/18856/live-at-metropolis-10-gold

https://www.fye.com/jacks-mannequin---people-things-limited-180-gram-orange-colored-vinyl-aec.movl6201821.1.html

FYE with already applied 15% coupon

has anyone had success with MOV releases through FYE?