kannibal

I've been collecting records for over 25 years now and never seen this before. Its stupid and a totally different situation then the shrinkwrap sticker informing you what the color of the vinyl is.

I honestly can't even remember the last Co&Ca record I bought...may have been The Color Before the Sun...they lost me after that. Which is a shame really...I fuckin' used to love this band. Still do...but don't listen to much after Year of the Black Rainbow. 
 
Oh well. It is what it is. 
 

Beats a 5LP set with etchings on every other side.

Bullmoose is employee owned as of a month ago. Nobody talks about good things though. 

Oh yeah, Knocked Loose too.  Another band I don’t really get the hype for… around VC, especially. 🤷‍♂️ I don’t think it has anything to do with being in a Tool thread, though.  If any other thread got sidetracked similarly, I’m sure the same discussion would bubble up.
I think the April release was referred to as a “worldwide release” so it’s really anyone’s guess what that actually means.  I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to see another 5LP (non-signed) version priced at a “reasonable” $150, and having that be the only option to authentically own this album on vinyl.

Yeah… the big takeaway here – for me anyway – is that tidbit about a worldwide release in April.  Which is truly not that far away at all.  The merch line moshing and eBay auctions are for the birds.  Anyone who needs those signatures and has money to burn can have fun with those.  I’m good.
Probably nothing to get excited about or put stock in but the attention to FI vinyl seems to me that it could imply vinyl (in general) being higher on the totem pole for the band.  I still occasionally daydream about a career boxset with 10K Days finally pressed, and a non-pic disc Lateralus.

Shit will be $100+ easily.  I hate to whine after this is finally getting a vinyl press, but; imagine paying $50 for vinyl etchings.  Oof.  I hope the wider April release sees a non “ULTRA DELUXE” version that is on a more modest 2-3 LP configuration, and less of a battle royale to obtain.

same, i now get more excited when RSD has nothing i want haha

A note, in case it's confusing.  4/23 is the one and only Record Store Day this year, but 6/18 will be a safety net "drop" date for RSD titles that don't make it in time for 4/23!
 

Well.. I'm excited I get to sleep in on April 23rd.

Nice. I’ve been sleeping on buying this album for too long. One of my favorite things Ian has done.

Gotcha'.  Well, my bad if McPherson was genuinely perplexed on whether or not the indie versions [variants] contained additional content, packaging, etc.  With the way CH prices their shit, I feel like adding liner notes or prints to colored editions would automatically spike the price up like $10-$15 at Bull Moose, Zia, and so on.
To my knowledge, it was only really the VMP De-Loused that got shafted on the quality front.  I'm pretty sure I've only heard great things about CH's black copies.  Even the indie variants that feature glow in the dark LPs allegedly sound great.

Honestly, I really didn't understand that "better" was being used to describe the color variation. I literally thought there was something I was missing about them beyond anything visual.

Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily have used the word "better" to compare black vs. colored copies.  Maybe "more desirable" – which I get is 100% subjective – but just kind of a given when you look at how vinyl releases work.  There's a reason CH made black copies available way before any colored ones.

To be clear I have the black over priced ones and didn’t cry over the additional variants released later. This shit happens all the time so there’s no point in whining over it. I was just sticking my nose in somebody else’s business and answering the question the way I assumed they meant “cheaper and better” or whatever the original post that mcp was questioning.

Oh yeah, 100%.  But I was under the impression that these Mars Volta records were the only ones in scope of the discussion.  I'll opt for a black press if a variant is truly an eyesore or just nonsensical splatter trash.  But I don't think that's been the case for these TMV colorways.
Right.  We've all had that color vs. black vinyl discussion countless times, over the years.  I hadn't assumed your stance on that had changed.  I do get that it's all subjective.  But just glancing at sale prices for virtually every record out there that has a limited colored edition, it's pretty easy to see why it's classified as a perk.  Always the best looking option? – nope.  Always the best sounding option? – no, even less often.  It just seems kind of silly to goad Dan into spelling out that color vinyl is a bonus – to him, subjectively, and many others – when you knew that was exactly what he was getting at. 🤷‍♂️

I hope it’s expensive records that seem exclusive followed by better versions in cheaper configurations later.
 
 

According to the Target app, these are the items similar to this product:
 
Bounty Paper Towels
Bananas
Charmin Ultra Soft Toilet Paper
 

Yes, that’s definitely the best one.  I don’t hate them, just wish they were as colorful as the breakup.  

Yeah I can't believe this is the same band. They've definitely fallen farther into butt rock territory. Sad because I LOVED them when those first few records came out

Do we still care about what happened? It’s all pretty childish with all these twitter threads 
 
Just sad we won’t be getting new music anymore, Radical is great

I recently listened to my copy again and it has no defects. Very clean. I love this mix.

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

I didn’t hate the last album, but I didn’t love it, either. Two songs would make a  personal “Best of Coheed” playlist. As for new songs, Shoulders grew on me after a couple of listens, but Rise, Nianasha really didn’t appeal to me at all. 
 
Looking forward to hearing more. Hope it’s good.

why did this band become a video game soundtrack band? those art desings are awful recently