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So of course once I stop paying attention to this thread MC comes back in stock but right back out of stock before I see it. Son of a bitch. And with that deepdiscount code would have been super nice. I have the original 2012 shithole mastering job version. I need a fixed one.

https://www.temporaryresidence.com/collections/maserati/products/trr349 Available on Black and Midnight blue Originally released in a very limited capacity in 2001, Maserati’s debut album finally gets reissued on all formats to commemorate the band’s 20th anniversary. Remastered from the original master tapes by Josh Bonati, 37:29:24 featured Maserati’s original lineup of Coley Dennis, Matt Cherry, Steve Scarborough, and Phil Horan, and includes many of the most placid and medicative moments in the band's storied catalog. 37:29:24 is a darker, more pensive night drive than they would come to be known for on their later albums. LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL: MIDNIGHT BLUE (EDITION OF 500) LIMIT TWO (2) PER CUSTOMER ALL VINYL FORMATS INCLUDE MP3 DOWNLOAD COUPON INSIDE PACKAGE TRACK LISTING 1. A Border Dispute 2. I Have A Dagger, It's Shaped Like A Lightning Bolt 3. The Width Of The Atlantic 4. We Blew Up The Arch And Now St. Louis Is Boring 5. Swimming Versus Fatigue 6. When The Third Wheel's A Brat

Completely 100% agree on "New Song." I wish it didn't exist. Disagree, however, regarding the quality of the middle two albums. I think collectively, those albums (minus "New Song" obviously) are astounding examples of the particular craft that Warpaint have been pursuing. The Fool falls apart a little for me on the back half with "Baby" and "Majesty" especially in contrast to the genius that is the first six songs on the album but those first six songs are unbelievable. Warpaint (the self-titled album) is pretty much high quality start to finish. I can't complain about any track on there. Some of my favorite jams and just totally a consistent full listen. Heads Up pretty much only has the one aforementioned blemish and the rest is pretty much gold to me. Feels like another home run like self-titled otherwise. At first, I thought "White Out" was a bit of a 90's pop song that felt a little off to me, like too nicely polished vocals but when I really listened in and heard the liveliness of the instrumental and the fact that the lead vocal is just straight up killer chops and beautifully melodic, I got over that gripe pretty quick. It turned out to be a real gem for me. RLT is taking some getting used to. I really feel like "Hips" is the most forward sounding track and it makes me wish they'd gone more experimental for the rest of the jams. When I finished it the first time I felt surprisingly positive about it in whole but revisits have revealed some blemishes for me. I think it could end up being a favorite of mine if the trajectory of my experience finds it settling in as a grower but there are some obstacles. That whole weak opener and weak finale thing is making it pretty hard on me. I've spent the least time with EC. The "Billie Holiday" song is mostly a stinker for me but I remember feeling fondness toward all the rest of it however less familiar I am with it as a whole. I should spin that soon. I recommend you give the middle two another shot by maybe listening to them back to back and feel free to skip "New Song" when you do. It might end up being a revelation for you.

Thanks. After posting this I listened to the whole thing again and solidified some of those second half tracks in my memory. "Melting" and "Altar" are definitely two the the highlights of side B. I'll pretty much consider the former to be the acting finale of the album as I sort of pack "Send Nudes" into the category of "epilogue." Love the bass line on it but those lyrics are just too cheeky to stand up to the finales on the previous albums. I'm not loving the main chorus lyrics from "Proof" because that's just a goofy ass adage to build song title and chorus out of but sonically the song is pretty good. I really do wish that they had treated some of these songs in their current forms as demos and then instead go back and re-perform the whole tracks all together as a band in live takes for the final recordings, as I understand they built a lot of the songs in separate shifts without all being in the studio together at the same time, contributing their own parts after the bones of the songs were established. Many of these songs would feel much better if they felt like the band playing live like most of The Fool seems to be and a number of the best tracks on all the subsequent albums.

So this came out. Looks like only three of us were looking forward to it. I ended up cancelling my pre-order which still had not shipped as of the release date and I grabbed it from my guy's local record shop. Glad I went that way. The damn official band merch vendor was based in the UK and I would have been waiting my ass off for this thing while it was available right down the street. So the verdict: I would say this album has their catalog's weakest opening and closing tracks. "Champion" is more enjoyable that "Send Nudes" but it does NOT hit like any other album's opener. Its also probably the second weakest track on it overall with the closer being the weakest. That's tough for me when I've loved every other album's bookend tracks which is a quality that really drives me to re-spin them. "Hips" has to be the most satisfying expansion of their palette on this album. So many cool effects and performance styles. This is the type of track that invigorates a first listen to a new Warpaint album. Its so fucking cool. "Hard To Tell You" has instrument/vocal harmony sections that reference both "Mad World" by Tears For Fears and "Africa" by Toto. I'm not mad about it but it was slightly jarring at first. Song is good. "Stevie" has possibly the most beautiful bass/guitar chord progression harmonies of any Warpaint jam. Very uplifting and sweet sounding. Another awesome expansion of style with that interplay between guitar and bass. I really can't overstate the genius in that. "Like Sweetness" is a nice jam but its one of several songs that I still don't completely remember how to recite in my head for the most part. I do recall it having a great melody. "Trouble" stood out right away with great melody and an uncharacteristic piano driven progression. I'm still having trouble (no pun intended) recalling anything significant about the rest of the tracks aside from "Send Nudes" and I'm not super fond of remembering that track. Its melodically nice but the titular lyrical theme is just so mundane it really shuts me down about it. I'm hoping more of the back half will grow on me. I'm feeling generally positive about the album but it doesn't really have a track that can stand up "The Stall" or "Intro/Keep It Healthy" or "Warpaint" (the song from The Fool). Weird that they have a song named after the band itself. Its one of their top 5 best tracks though. One thing this album is missing for me is a lead vocal from Jenny. Its always good to hear her voice in front when they do that. Gonna keep listening of course. I am still enjoying getting familiar with it.

On Bullmoose now. Both black editions ($23.97) and the blue Easter ($25.97). https://www.bullmoose.com/pid/1211785/these-arms-are-snakes-oxeneers-or-the-lion-sleeps-wh https://www.bullmoose.com/pid/1099793/these-arms-are-snakes-easter https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35417665/these-arms-are-snakes-easter-iex-translucent-blue-amped-exclusive

Just a heads up, the prices cited in this post are back down to the first day levels. If you wanted to score these editions for these prices I'd jump on it.

I'm just so glad I locked in my price. I've been trying to be extremely sparing with my overall expenditures and have limited my record purchases drastically. I knew I had to get these so there was no two ways about it but I wanted to do it as inexpensively as possible. These are also one Barnes & Noble for $24.99. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/oxeneers-or-the-lion-sleeps-when-its-antelope/37567026?ean=0045778221318 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/easter/37567027?ean=0045778221417 I'm actually feeling seriously fucked off by Jade Tree for not having these in their store like they do with pretty much all of their other recent vinyl reissues. I was really looking forward to that $18 to $20 price tag like the rest of their single LP black editions of reissues.

So I went with Deep Discount and scored one of each for $21.58 a piece yesterday. Just checked today and the price is $26.08. Just checked Pop Market and they are up to $31.79 a piece. Yesterday they were like $23.58 or something. Import CDs was $23.XX and today $27.38. Glad I locked in my price but damn. I was hoping to see prices go ever so slightly down and in a day they jumped wildly pretty much in every place that they were available yesterday. As far as "retail retail" goes I mean. I haven't even checked the indie sites.

I've actually just noticed that on the product page for the RSD site links, they have a separate designation for the black retail variants. I've been fishing around on the store links for my region. Some stores are charging as much as $28.98 for the black variants in the Chicago area.

Thanks for all that clarification. Its much appreciated. Its been a while since I've dealt with them so I wasn't aware of all that.

I hope these end up on Tower. They almost always have serious discounts on vinyl and especially for several of my favorite bands.

A bit more costly but they've always fulfilled my orders. https://www.importcds.com/easter/045778221417 https://www.importcds.com/oxeneers-or-the-lion-sleeps-when-its-antelope-go-home/045778221318

I think its safe to assume that deepdiscount.com could not be considered indie... at least I hope. There's a good chance these will be black but I guess we can't be certain. I'll likely order from here. Thank you! I haven't thought about deepdiscout in a while.

Looks like the Oxeneers on Orange and the Easter on Blue will be "Indie" retail and then black will be for basically any other web store or non-independent retail environment that will carry vinyl. https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/045778221400 https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/045778221301

I asked about 4 hours ago on the Jade Tree instagram post where I could find the black copies and they just replied a few minutes ago with a one word answer of "retail."

I'm tellin' you!

Bro, I've been sitting here refreshing pages waiting for these to pop up.

Jade Tree instagram shows all these variants plus an orange Oxeneers and black for both Oxeneers and Easter. I don't see black on any of the links they've posted yet.

Amazing! I'm really hoping to see the black ones show up on Jade Tree or Epitaph today. EDIT: Eek! on those prices though.

Lately my digital copy of anything has been mostly experienced in my car which is definitely more akin to my home hi-fi setup than a set of computer speakers. I tend to move my volume knob around a lot while listening whether at home or in my car so I'm sure I would likely miss any discrepancy for that reason alone. I'll try leaving the volume set in one place and scroll through the tracks and maybe move the needle around a bit to see if I notice anything like that.

I haven't even played side D on my copy yet. I just wasn't very interested in the demos of the EP but I've heard them on the digital and didn't notice any glaring discrepancies in volume. I believe you when you say you noticed it though. I have noticed there being differing loudness peaks from side to side on a single releases of several records lately though. I wonder if they're aiming to maximize loudness on sides that have less content these days simply because the format allows for it. It really goes against the point of doing a master across multiple sides of the same album though. Dynamic consistency with clean, unclipped audio should be the goal. I really wish I could be a mastering engineer. I'd kill it.

Just wanted to take the time to point out that at least the first three tracks on this are definitely a new mix from their original releases. They sound so much fuller and more spread out and articulate. Its crazy. I think I detect possibly even an alternative vocal take in the verses of either "Trix" or "Camera Shy" as well. I can't remember if it feels that way for both or just one of them. The rest of the songs still feel pretty much the same but I haven't had the time to really focus. I just know when I first spun this on my turntable and when I played the digital copy through my car stereo I noticed those first three songs really pop in a whole new way. I think its amazing. Sometimes people go back and mix things differently and it feels wrong but not this time. This is purely better.

I have no idea. My post was in regard the the Alice In Chains release. But given that its RSD, that is pretty much par for the course for tons of releases.

Several on discogs for not horrible prices. https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/22912553?ev=rb