Guest Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 God damn this new track is amazing! I can already smell the "oh man, I don't like how they changed their sound" comments, but those people can go butt a stump. Love these guys no matter what. From 4AD: "Merchandise have just announced from their website that their new album, After The End, will be released on 4AD on August 25th. Like their albums before them, After The End was recorded and produced by the band, this time over a six-month period in the house they share in Tampa. A real achievement in showing what bands can achieve themselves, the only outside influence came when they enlisted mixing help from Gareth Jones - the man famed for his work with Tuxedomoon, Depeche Mode’s Berlin Trilogy of Construction Time Again, Some Great Reward, and Black Celebration, and more recently Interpol, These New Puritans and Grizzly Bear. Speaking to the NME earlier this year, Carson Cox said “(Our last album) Totale Nite was the end of the book. This is a whole new one. It's like we can start a new band with basically the same name. We've already exploded our reality – now we're going to re-make ourselves as a pop band, but it'll still be a twisted reality.” He’s kept to his word with the album being made up of ten tracks spread across a mean 45 minutes. The album can now be pre-ordered from here (iTunes link...BOOOOOO) and the tracklisting is below... Merchandise Before The EndCatalogue No: CAD 34301. Corridor2. Enemy3. True Monument4. Green Lady5. Life Outside The Mirror6. Telephone7. Little Killer8. Looking Glass Waltz9. After The End10. Exile And Ego The first track to be aired from the album, ‘Little Killer’, has just been posted online. A pop song about war that was inspired by the poet Wilfred Owen, Carson also made a brilliant video using a green screen to accompany it. You can watch it here or in the player below…" http://4ad.com/news/28/5/2014/newalbumthisaugustwatchlittlekillervideo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Started getting into these guys recently. I dig the new track, looking forward to hearing the rest of the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnumtaurus Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 While I agree that this embodies vary little of the characteristics that made me fall in love with this band in the first place, I have to say, this new track is fucking AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Eating it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Great great track. Super pumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 this could be one of the best albums of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldKentuckyShark Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 http://shopusa.4ad.com/after-the-end Pre-order up xKemosabe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Awesome, ordered! This WILL BE my album of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Album is out at the end of August and it's not even June yet! I haven't ordered form 4AD often, is there any incentive to order this early? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 There is a good chance the green vinyl will sell out? I think they will probably keep it in press on black though...probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 There is a good chance the green vinyl will sell out? I think they will probably keep it in press on black though...probably. Ah ha. I missed the "initial pressing on..." line on the product page. Cool beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Corday Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ordered, stoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Anyone have any guesses on how large this initial pressing will be? I know the one 12 inch split they put out earlier this year was limited to 1000, just trying to gauge how much time I'd have to secure this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 No clue...I would say at least 1000 initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattycakes Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Can't access the shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKemosabe Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Fuck, this track is amazing and I really love the direction they're going. Ordered it and thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChardeeMacDennis Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Ordered! Love this band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 New track is ok. Will wait to order. Band has always been really hit or miss for me. Their first two LPs didn't do much for me. Totale Nite and that recent 3 way split were both good though. Nothing will ever top their s/t ep. Wish they would have stayed with that sound longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyg Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Saw them last night in London. Played 2 or 3 new songs (incl Little Killer) very much sounded like what Carson said, straight up pop songs but with their sound stamped right through it. Great reception for all the new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 ^ Good to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 This album is really fucking good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 want nowwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 2nd video off the new record...band is still the best in the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I really dig both songs. I also really need to curb my spending. Fuck. Already seems like a perfect summer album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 It IS a perfect summer album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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