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I managed to snag Hot and The Inevitable for pretty reasonable prices in the past year.  I'll be skipping this, but I hope they do a repress of Perennial Favorites.

That's pretty rad!

Now press the last two Gatsbys records already!!!

On 6/18/2016 at 7:28 PM, zerohacker said:

I thought Self Love was amazing. The way they blended together was almost perfect. 

On 6/18/2016 at 7:34 PM, ActuallyDanny said:

Was about to say the same, I could've gone for much more than two songs from that pairing

That's totally fair, to each their own.  I've never been a fan of SDF, and it's the one thing TA has done that I didn't absolutely love.  But I didn't hate it.

I am so fucking stoked for this.  The only thing I haven't cared for is the 7" with SDF.  Other than that, this band is absolute perfection to me.

Whew, finally!  Snagged the color, so fucking stoked to hear the whole album!

On 5/19/2016 at 10:12 AM, parkinglot said:

maybe I just suck but nothing is grabbing me here like the self titled.  

I'm kinda with you here.  There's a couple of songs that are amazing on this, but overall it's not as good as the S/T.  I've been spinning it all week and I still feel the same.  It's still a great album, they just had some mighty big shoes to fill.

1 hour ago, vinny0190 said:

What a bummer, my Unraveling is riddled with skips and repeats that no amount of cleaning will fix, waiting on Fat to hear if they've got any leftovers to send me a replacement. By the way, does anyone know if/when the Direct Hit album will have a pre-order? 

Direct Hit! seems like it should be up any day now.  I've been obsessively checking Fat's site to see if it's up, and I'll be pissed if I miss out on the limited pressing.

Great news! I was waiting for this since last year. I wonder if they will also press "A Song To Ruin".

Fixed.  And I would totally buy that one, never got into Harmony No Harmony.

Listened to this a few times over the weekend.  "Get Better" is obviously the best track (as I expected), but overall I think it's better than Tape Deck Heart.  Glad I didn't spring $30 for the vinyl though, as I don't see this having a ton of lasting value.

Ugh, so pissed.  I just got my sleeve the other day, and despite having "DO NOT BEND" stickers all over it, my mail carrier just crammed the thing in my mailbox.  From all the reading I've done, they aren't gonna do shit for me.

I've finally reached a point where I'm just going to wait for these guys to put out a comp of all their 7" stuff.  Love this band to death, but keeping up with their output is getting too spendy for me.

FUCK!  This is so good!!!  I've loved everything RVIVR and Iron Chic have done (Bridge & Tunnel not so much), but this is basically Latterman.  And that makes me happy.

Hmm, not totally sold on that first song, but I'll definitely check out anything else they post.

Side note: Is Strike Anywhere even a thing anymore?  They played Fest last year, but I think it was basically Thomas with a backing band.  Never saw any sort of official breakup/hiatus announcement.

 

B9R201 - Iron Chic - The Constant One - 1st pressing - half white/half pink/700

 

Well that pisses me off.  I preordered the white/pink way back when, and B9 neglected to send it out to me.  When I contacted them about my order, they said they were out of the white/pink but could send me the blue/orange.  Super lame.  Not that I'm ever going to sell it, because it's an incredible album, I just don't appreciate the dishonesty.

Got my /200 copy in today. Honestly have not got a chance to listen to it yet but the color is underwhelming FYI. It was pressed at GZ by way of A To Z Media, and it's an opaque Orange with hints of splatter, but you can't really see it. Might just be my copy.

mines the same way. bummer but at least this record is super good. curious to see the other variants.

Same here.  I actually thought they may have just sent me the plain orange by mistake.  Ah well.

Up for preorder at SRC for the low, low price of $21.99:

http://www.shopradiocast.com/products/Goldfinger-%252d-Hang%252dUps-LP.html

180 Gram Black (LTD 250)
180 Gram Translucent Red (LTD 500)
180 Gram Red w/ Black Smoke (LTD 500)

The thing with Frank Turner's albums is that there's always a couple of incredible songs, several totally forgettable songs, and 1-2 complete turds.  He's really inconsistent, but someday he's going to have the best greatest hits album of all time.

Also, $30 for the vinyl?  Looks like I'll be sticking to digital with this one.

Hey, did you receive a digital download when you pre-ordered? I did, and I don't know if it's the track Applebee's Bar and can't check until I leave work 

same here, will have to check after work.

It's a placeholder link to a Word document that says "Thank you for your order! Your Digital Download of  SPRAYNARD - MABLE  will be sent on or before 07.10.2015."

I received my copy Saturday, and I had the same issue as you. It came out of the inner sleeve noticeably scratching due to dust and grit. I cleaned it as best I could before playing but did have a skip-back spot in one track. I've never gotten a brand new record before that was like this, so is this something that is common now?

Same here.  I plan to clean mine thoroughly before I spin it.  Just pulling it out of the inner sleeve sounded like I fucked it up.  Yeesh.

I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other.  If I already have a first press, I won't pick up a repress unless it's somehow better.  If I'm looking for something and there's a first press available as well as a reissue in the works, I'll go for the reissue because there's no telling what shape that first press might be in if buying from another person.

Picked this up with the Menzingers 7", nice Monday surprise!

Not the point. They should still be selling it for the SRP even if that was the case. Interpunk sells some of my records, and if I found out they were selling stuff after it was out of print for more than it was supposed to be sold for, I'd be pissed. When they sell my records I get to decide the price and they let me know what their markup is. If they break that agreement, I'd be mad. 

You do know what the S in SRP stands for, right?  Suggested Retail Price.  There was nothing stopping Interpunk from selling these records at these prices when they got them originally, but that's not a great business model.  They would have sat on a lot more product than what they've listed here over the years, and likely would have gone out of business long ago.

Thing is, most of this stuff has been out (and out of print) for years and years, and the band has already gotten their money from the distributor who sold it to Interpunk loooooong ago.  So does Interpunk stick to the old SRP from a decade ago, which is undoubtedly going to be FAR less than what any new record sells for today?  Do they account for inflation?  Or do they just list it for the going market price for that particular record?  To me, the last one is the one that makes the most sense.  If they'd listed it at anything less, all of this shit would have been bought up by flippers and on eBay already, which I'm sure most of you guys would still whine about.

I think their wording about stashing these records away was clumsy for sure.  I think they stumbled upon these when doing a little spring cleaning.  Whatever the case, I'm not buying any of this stuff at the prices listed (though that Hives record is tempting), but this isn't going to stop me from shopping at Interpunk in the future.  If this is the last straw for you, more power to you.

Snagged!  Ok, rad bands need to stop posting preorders today!  I'm supposed to be saving for my honeymoon!

Snagged!  YouTube link to new song, for those like me who have problems with Soundcloud at work...