ptothedo Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPH976 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Didn't get any artwork but inside the package with the LP was some guy's Dollar Shave Club package, still sealed in a mailer, with a pack of 4 razors. Definitely a first. I had to look at it a few times to be sure it wasn't some weird version of the art piece... but no, it was just an unopened pack of razors. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Out of curiosity, how was the artwork included in the package? I assume it wasn't in sealed in the LP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 My bonus artwork was in the LP mailer loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfingelectrode Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 1 hour ago, TPH976 said: Didn't get any artwork but inside the package with the LP was some guy's Dollar Shave Club package, still sealed in a mailer, with a pack of 4 razors. Definitely a first. I had to look at it a few times to be sure it wasn't some weird version of the art piece... but no, it was just an unopened pack of razors. Haha. NO WAY! The same thing happened here, too - a padded envelope with a book that someone ordered got wedged into my mailer and bent the hell out of the jacket of my record. 4AD needs to step up their packing game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 It's the artwork. Conceptual artwork. If you don't understand it that's your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Corday Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 For those who have their copies, how's the album sounding? Haven't heard anyone talking favourably about it which is a bit of a concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldKentuckyShark Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 5 hours ago, C_Corday said: For those who have their copies, how's the album sounding? Haven't heard anyone talking favourably about it which is a bit of a concern. For me, it's a lot better than their last album. Liking it a lot so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 I like it a lot more than After The End. This one is heavier on the OG shoegaze and noise-pop of the 90's. It also feels having a lot more post-punk elements thrown in which I am chalking up to Carson's work with Death Index which was very heavy on post-punk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Looks great! I should be getting mine today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrackt Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 This album is great! I got the artwork too. So glad I ordered it it's definitely more Bauhaus-y than anything I've heard by them So grim but also catchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 2 hours ago, jhulud said: I like it a lot more than After The End. This one is heavier on the OG shoegaze and noise-pop of the 90's. It also feels having a lot more post-punk elements thrown in which I am chalking up to Carson's work with Death Index which was very heavy on post-punk. This pleases me. Looking forward to hearing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Wow - got my copy today and on my way home I was really looking forward to seeing whether I had some bonus limited artwork. But after putting the record on I could give two shits about any artwork - this album sounds GREAT! After the lead track ("Flowers of Sex", the only song I'd heard before pre-ordering) every single track has been awesome! I'm only on track four and I particularly liked "Crystal Cage" and "Right Back to the Start" so far. Way more impressed with this than I was After the End, which has grown on me over time but not that much, and I was utterly bored with it on first listen. If you're on the fence about this album based on the lackluster-ness of After the End, I say get off the damn fence and come this way! I actually like this better than the new Preoccupations at this point, which pains me to say as I've been obsessed with Viet Cong since Cassette. But about the artwork...I got a roughly 5"x9" white piece of paper with a picture of eggs and some a vintage playing card looking thing pasted onto the paper, and "2016" written in the lower right. I love collage and decoupage artwork, but this one looks nothing like the cool ones posted above and shown on 4AD's album page. Nothing cool or cut-up about it. But who cares, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromium Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Here's the boring thing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mertzrock Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 On 9/20/2016 at 8:59 AM, jhulud said: I like it a lot more than After The End. This one is heavier on the OG shoegaze and noise-pop of the 90's. It also feels having a lot more post-punk elements thrown in which I am chalking up to Carson's work with Death Index which was very heavy on post-punk. Juan, are you going to Gramps tomorrow to see them? Let me know...I'll be there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKaye Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I got some artwork. I like it less than anything else shown on here, but as it's a freebie bonus, musn't complain too much. Will post when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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