HoneyFrosted Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Deluxe is $17.98 plus a couple bucks shipping. Regular LP is $14.98. This is not much like his earlier Saint Pepsi stuff (which to him is the point) and has a lot more singing, but I like to support Saint Pepsi so I bought it anyway. His stuff tends to sell out fast. No idea as to the pressing info for the deluxe, it just says limited. Very disappointed to see both the songs on his 7" single he put out a while ago are on this album, that's always a pet peeve of mine. Still, stream the lead single and decide yourself. http://store.carparkrecords.com/products/551753-cak107-skylar-spence-prom-king This is a pre-order. Pre-orders will ship by or before the September 18th release date. All Carpark Records shop pre-orders will receive a download of "Can't You See" instantly. The limited edition Deluxe LP includes metallic gold vinyl, a stick of Skylar Spence-branded spearmint gum, and a digital download card. For digital download customers, Prom King will become available to download at 7 p.m. EDT on September 17th. When Ryan DeRobertis announced the name change of his project from Saint Pepsi to Skylar Spence, there was no indication of any stylistic departure, though the change arrived with a musical shift toward faster tempos and more pristine production. Whereas Saint Pepsi had often used decades-old boogie, disco, and new wave as grist for the sampling mill, Skylar Spence is intent on trafficking more overtly in those genre aesthetics through his own production techniques and vocal contributions. With Prom King, DeRobertis reorients his music for his new full-band live act and winds up with an album full of tight and enveloping dance tunes. Working with Carpark Records “gave me the confidence to ‘go big’ with the new material: to write pop songs with universal messages in the sonic wrapping paper that I’ve grown accustomed to,” DeRobertis says. “A few songs on Prom King are about specific events in my life—a party where I got too messed up, watching a friend’s life spiral out of control and trying to help—but I tried hard not to be too autobiographical because I want my music to unite, above all else. I’m much more interested in connecting with the listener than mystifying my personality.” While DeRobertis’ previous long-players have been more amorphous collections in the style of beat tapes, Prom King is compact and cohesive, with the album’s varied stylistic references (new wave, UK garage, boogie) united through strong guitar melodies and Todd Edwards-ian cobblings-together of tiny vocal samples. “I slowed some music down and called myself an artist,” DeRobertis sings on lead single “Can’t You See,” acknowledging in his lyrics what is already apparent in the music’s tone—he can maintain fidelity to his vision while working in more uptempo, disco-based song structures. “Ridiculous!” and “Bounce Is Back” are big groovers that capitalize on jacking hi-hats and hand drumming, respectively, and both have an air of Balearic warmth and smoothness. On the title track, DeRobertis entwines a chorus of unintelligible but expressive samples with his own vocals—what feels like a synthesis of two approaches—and the result is an affecting pattern of build and release. More contemplative sophisti-pop numbers like “Fall Harder” and “Affairs” add a realist’s breadth of scope: thoughts of past foibles bleed into present-dwelling and dancing. Prom King is DeRobertis making sense of missed opportunities. His high school did not have a prom king; he has filled the position with an imaginative album of personal and musical revisionism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Sofa Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Love Saint Pepsi! Bought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyrecords Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Can't get paypal to load when I try to buy :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Sofa Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Can't get paypal to load when I try to buy :/ was this on mobile? had the same issue, doing it on the pc fixed the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyrecords Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Nope it was Pc. tried two different browers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedumb Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 They had me at "includes a stick of Skylar Spence-branded spearmint gum." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Sofa Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Nope it was Pc. tried two different browers hmmm... i recall it popped up in a new smaller window that could get blocked from a pop-up blocker, but I would assume you've tried disabling that already. I also recall having to do it twice in a row to get it to work on the pc. Seemed to error out, and then just worked.... YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyFrosted Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 hmmm... i recall it popped up in a new smaller window that could get blocked from a pop-up blocker, but I would assume you've tried disabling that already. I also recall having to do it twice in a row to get it to work on the pc. Seemed to error out, and then just worked.... YMMV Mine worked fine the first time, it should open the second window. I'm using Chrome if that makes a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Sofa Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 anyone have a spare Fiona Coyne 7" they'd be willing to part with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Nice, dude won me over with Fiona Coyne. Dug the new track as well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Couldn't get it to work with Firefox, only with Maxtor and after retrying a couple of times. Anyway, bought Deluxe, even though it's now a pet peeve that people don't list numbers with 'limited'. As stupid as that sounds, as I would have bought one anyway. No matter how limited (or not). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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