fizio59 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) IF THESE TREES COULD TALK 'The Bones Of A Dying World' Metal Blade Records 2016 Akron, Ohio's If These Trees Could Talk will release their third full-length, The Bones of a Dying World, on June 3rd worldwide via Metal Blade Records. Featuring 9 instrumental tracks of the quintet's signature post-rock, The Bones of a Dying World can be pre-ordered in various formats at: metalblade.com/ifthesetreescouldtalk - where the first single, "Solstice", is also streaming. Formed in 2005, If These Trees Could Talk has grown tremendously since their humble origins in drummer Zack Kelly's basement as an instrumental project in college. After self-releasing their If These Trees Could Talk EP (2006) and two full-lengths, Above the Earth, Below the Sky (2009) and Red Forest (2012), the group garnered buzz from the global music community, and consequently sold out a three-week European tour in 2012. Music from the band's catalog has also been heard in Sony PS3 titles, and on NBC, MTV, VH1, the NFL, in videos for Vans, and for projects on the Sundance Film Festival. Cumulatively, If These Trees Could Talk has sold over 20,000 copies for their efforts, with 3,000 on vinyl alone across all of their albums. Their upcoming third full-length, The Bones of a Dying World, promises to be another landmark achievement in the band's career. "We feel this album 'steps up the sound' in a way that could only come after 'Red Forest' and not before," Mike Socrates (guitar) comments. "The songs were constructed in a much more deliberate and cautious approach. A lot of time was spent on small parts and transitions in order to maximize the full effect of the song as a whole. In a way, we feel like this is the perfect continuation from 'Red Forest'." Recorded over the past year at NE Meadow Studios in Akron, OH, The Bones of a Dying World was once again produced and engineered by the band's own Zack Kelly (drums). Mixing duties were handled by Zack Kelly and Freddie DeMarco while the final master was completed by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. For the album artwork, If These Trees Could Talk called upon long-time designer Charlie Wagers, who worked with the band on their past two releases. After four years of fine-tuning these audio and visual components, the quintet is now ready to unleash their Metal Blade Records debut this summer. FULL ALBUM STREAMING HERE Tracklist: 01. Solstice02. Swallowing Teeth03. Earth Crawler04. After the Smoke Clears05. The Here and Hereafter06. Iron Glacier07. The Giving Tree08. Berlin09. One Sky Above Us Expected to ship on or around May 27, 2016 Release date: June 3, 2016 Artwork by Charlie Wagers http://www.charliewagers.com/ Vinyl release includes: • Embossed gatefold jacket printed on a sturdy uncoated stock • Two inner sleeves printed with metallic inks with a glossy finish • Etched D-side (Different between US and EU versions) Metal Blade US shop preorder: • Double Black Vinyl • CD • CD + T-shirt bundle • 2xLP + T-Shirt bundle • 2xLP + CD + T-Shirt bundle Metal Blade EU shop preorder: • Double White/Black Marble Vinyl /200 (SOLD OUT) • Double Grey Vinyl /300 (SOLD OUT) • Double Black 180g. Vinyl • CD Here are some mockups and artworks: Edited June 5, 2016 by fizio59 EHughes527 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The colored variants are: White/Black Marble limited to 200 & Grey limited to 300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 That's weird. The US pre-order shows as no longer available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Welp, Metal Blade just fucking up my life. Lack of variants for US so far, and that font on the cover art is ghastly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic_ Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't read Spanish, so can someone tell me what international shipping would be for the color variants? I want one but don't want to pay obnoxious shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 That's weird. The US pre-order shows as no longer available. Probably wasn't supposed to go up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't read Spanish... Made me laugh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Probably wasn't supposed to go up yet. Yeah I was just on their facebook and they said that we would get an announcement about the album on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thank God it's only 6.5 weeks until we get this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizio59 Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 The colored variants are: White/Black Marble limited to 200 & Grey limited to 300 Where did you get those infos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 EMP Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Links in English: http://www.emp-online.co.uk/art_332168/ http://www.emp-online.co.uk/art_332167/ EMP do not ship to the USA but neither is marked as an EMP exclusive. Metal Blade also sell exclusive stuff from their Ebay store and from Omerch.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youinreverse Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't read Spanish or Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 or Italian. chkadea and texan4life 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic_ Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 or Italian. fuck yeah that's Italian. Oops. I hardly looked and saw the accents and shit so I assumed it was because that's what I regularly see out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markwatson23 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Welp, Metal Blade just fucking up my life. Lack of variants for US so far, and that font on the cover art is ghastly.That cover art sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadDonut Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The Mylene Sheath > Metal Blade Can't wait to hear this. I'll wait to see if the US gets anything special. Tour variant would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I dig the cover. Makes me think it'll feel drone-ish, or at least some crushing/br00tal riffage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 That cover art sucks The solitary landscape photo is on every post rock / post metal album now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't even tell what's on the cover...strange to not see a tree on the cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I can't even tell what's on the cover...strange to not see a tree on the cover Snow capped mountain range with some shit font on top of it. And you're right, needs more trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 See the snowy mountain...and some photoshop brushy stripes... my screen is too small Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcha Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Welp, Metal Blade just fucking up my life. Lack of variants for US so far, and that font on the cover art is ghastly. So gross. I'm holding out to PO this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 So gross. I'm holding out to PO this.. Same. We'll see what happens. MB likes EU more than US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic_ Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Same. We'll see what happens. MB likes EU more than US. Running theme. Still bummed my copy of the new TBDM album didn't come with the 7" because I got it in the US :c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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