jrodan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 thanks for that explanation dude. still grinds my gears that every other variant has made its way out besides the rarest that I ordered like an hour after it was posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 RARE LIKE A STEAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I feel like Anti-/Epitaph screwed the pooch a bit here. I know that they can't control vinyl pressing times, but they're also not new to pressing records either. I'm still receiving most of my preorders very close to the estimated date. Seems like if there weren't a dozen different variants, then a lot more people would have received them closer to on-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnstypls Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hilarious because they left Deathwish because since they (Deafheaven) were "too big" for the label to handle the release. We'd all already have our records if DW did this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ^^^ Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!!! And there wouldn't have been this ridiculousness of so many more variants being "deluxe" and not, and colors changing every other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'm still waiting for this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebilljim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ^ same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerohacker Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ^ same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 So it turns out I should feel lucky for receiving my order a mere three months after it was supposed to arrive? Things didn't work out too well huh.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 To me, It has felt for a long while that the pre-ordered records are their lowest priority. Anti/Kingsroad already have our money, so they hurried to get the band's tour copies and retail copies out the door. There is no need to hustle when they've been paid this far in advance. I haven't felt any sense of urgency from Anti/Kingsroad since the initial delay and their, "Hey what can we do? It's out of our hands." response. Every other label has been able to anticipate plant delays and plan accordingly. They were certainly able to plan far enough in advance for the retail version to hit stores without this extreme of a delay. I got beat up when I first said this quite a few pages back now and I'm sure I'll get it again, but I just don't feel like they (Anti/Kingsroad) have taken any responsibility for these delays and I do not feel as though they are doing their best to get this into our hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebilljim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Hilarious because they left Deathwish because since they (Deafheaven) were "too big" for the label to handle the release. We'd all already have our records if DW did this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I got beat up when I first said this quite a few pages back now and I'm sure I'll get it again, but I just don't feel like they (Anti/Kingsroad) have taken any responsibility for these delays and I do not feel as though they are doing their best to get this into our hands. I agree with you. Going forward, I'm just going retail or EU with them. I'd much rather have a record in my hands on time than my choice of color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Something I find amusing is that when they first announced signing to Anti-, I asked a friend of mine who I knew was into the label's catalog and had a few of their releases, if the label went variant crazy. He told me that no, they don't. Usually one or two variants max for their releases. Boy, did he goof up in that assumption with this clusterfuck New Bermuda has become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvv Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Something I find amusing is that when they first announced signing to Anti-, I asked a friend of mine who I knew was into the label's catalog and had a few of their releases, if the label went variant crazy. He told me that no, they don't. Usually one or two variants max for their releases. Boy, did he goof up in that assumption with this clusterfuck New Bermuda has become. I feel like this is because Anti- knows DH fans go crazy over variants and they wanted to take advantage of that, irony at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Something I find amusing is that when they first announced signing to Anti-, I asked a friend of mine who I knew was into the label's catalog and had a few of their releases, if the label went variant crazy. He told me that no, they don't. Usually one or two variants max for their releases. Boy, did he goof up in that assumption with this clusterfuck New Bermuda has become. Just picking some artists I know on Anti-/Epitaph on discogs and I'm seeing 6-9 variants for a lot of them. That latest Defeater album has a ton of variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just picking some artists I know on Anti-/Epitaph on discogs and I'm seeing 6-9 variants for a lot of them. That latest Defeater album has a ton of variants. Ah OK. He could have been mistaken. It happens I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Ah OK. He could have been mistaken. It happens I guess. It may be something that happened in recent years too. I know they weren't variant crazy 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I'm happy with my black deluxe copy and that'll keep me happy until my transparent green (which used to be coke bottle clear which is the reason i ordered that variant in the first place) shows up in April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffthomas84 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Although frustrated over this PO, and feeling indifferent to it about now, I'M glad i hung onto my Blue /500 PO just to see how this turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youspinmeround Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Anti is not variant crazy Epitaph is well epitaph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Anti is not variant crazy Epitaph is well epitaph I count 9 variants of Hyperview (if you count EU pressings). Maybe some of Epitaph's "let's do a ton of variants" attitude is bleeding over a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattisr1984 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 ive been buying records for over a decade. this is the 3rd longest preorder ive ever dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 So at the end of the day, the problem with the Anti- Deafheaven release is that "they pressed too many records" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockPuppetz Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 ive been buying records for over a decade. this is the 3rd longest preorder ive ever dealt with. Curious, how long was the worst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnstypls Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 So at the end of the day, the problem with the Anti- Deafheaven release is that "they pressed too many records" Gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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