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I didn’t get into the last album but I really dig what I’ve heard of this one. Not always an easy listen, but if you wrote them off previously, they seem to be doing something different on this one.

I like this band fine, but I personally can’t help feeling like everything since their first album (and even some of their first album) has been almost pastiche where it’s just very obvious where the influences come from and makes it rings a little hollow to me. The new single is catchy, but that’s because its pretty much “Because the Night” with a little Jim Steinman.

I’m trying to figure out if it sounds like Young the Giant on purpose or on accident.

Same. Media Mail FTW. Joined the mailing list to shave a bit more off (10%).

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I'm going to wait until they press the "Stop. Pooping." brown variant.

And ordering the Audiophile black pays off!

Kind of feel the same. I really love this band and especially NMG, but the singles have not blown me away. Considered grabbing the black /300 but with $10 shipping and no apparent download code with it (I listen to a lot of music in the car and at work), I’m going to hold off and see what trickles down to the show and/or Bandcamp.

It’s funny, it’s always the smaller bands/labels who are happy to provide the DL code if you ask, then the ones who sell several thousand copies of different variants couldn’t possibly.

Got a response just saying they don’t come with a DL code. Was hoping they might just slip me one. ☹️

I wondered this too. I could’ve sworn it came with a download code but didn’t get anything. I sent them an email.

That Bruit album is so good. Elusive Sound is supposedly doing a vinyl pressing at some point and I’m terrified I’m going to miss it.

I definitely didn’t have “Walmart produces an exclusive colored vinyl pressing of Anthrax’s Fistful of Metal” on my 2021 bingo card.

Nice way around potential shipping damage claims. I’m surprised Second City or someone hasn’t tried that line. “We party so hard here your merchandise might get damaged by how extreme we are.”

Bandcamp Friday tomorrow y’all. I haven’t heard of any special releases at this point but if you do feel free to shout them out.

I believe it’s “Butter Miracle, Suite One” (which doesn’t exactly make any more sense, just noting it for the record) with Suite Two to follow and make up the whole “Butter Miracle” album. The Butter Miracle picture they have shared is grade A nightmare fuel and one of the worst things I’ve ever seen (if I was braver I would post it, but I’m not so I won’t), but the new song is pretty good, if you like Somewhere Over Wonderland (I did) and the Rolling Stone description of Suite One sounds pretty intriguing.

Some cool reflections by Andy on the MO catalog here, for anyone that missed it: https://uproxx.com/indie/andy-hull-reviews-every-manchester-orchestra-album/

Slightly OT, but I’m digging what I’ve heard from the forthcoming Pom Pom Squad album she produced. https://pompomsquad.bandcamp.com/album/death-of-a-cheerleader

Some real throwbacks to buzzy bands of the past in these. Post to Wire by Richmond Fontaine and The Thrills’ So Much For the City made me pause to see if I remembered anything of substance about those albums. Along the same lines, I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about a repress of WU LYF’s Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, considering how hard it’s been to find on vinyl since it came out. Maybe not a ton of people know about it, but those who like it generally love it. I think it’s UK only but I’m hoping to luck into a copy somehow.

For those who might be interested - Cluster Flies cover album of Farmhouse: https://www.clusterflies.com/

New Soup album is finally on the way. https://m.facebook.com/soupsound/videos/511692753546977/?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fwatch%2F&_rdr Also, got my vinyl of the new Baulta album and it looks and sounds beautiful. A Thousand Arms did a great job.

Bush’s Sea of Memories is gets a 10th anniversary repress. I doubt even the people who like that album could have possibly predicted that.

I don’t want to go all Lethal Weapon, and I appreciate the effort they are putting into all this (I guess), but I’m truly getting too old for this shit. Just give me the damn PO.

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