ok. 192 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) . Edited January 13, 2020 by Matt Danish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chamb117 568 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating — new art for acts I–III same art for acts IV–V fox and the hunt art as advertised online an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely. i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it. pics in my next post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perelandra05 0 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, chamb117 said: here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating — new art for acts I–III same art for acts IV–V fox and the hunt art as advertised online an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely. i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it. pics in my next post. Agreed. The box set is top notch top to bottom. Casey never disappoints with his aesthetic for all things Dear Hunter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chamb117 568 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 also, like highfives, i have represses of I–III and originals of IV–V. i will compare once i'm not suffocating under cardboard boxes. casey and company did a great job with art direction. all the colorways match the art extremely well. link to pics of the set: https://imgur.com/a/ZzN6uUd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, chamb117 said: here's my quick review of the contents; i won't have time to listen until at least sunday or monday (an agonizing wait) as we are in the middle of moving and renovating — new art for acts I–III same art for acts IV–V fox and the hunt art as advertised online an empty sleeve for "act VI: the hanged man"???? did anyone else hear or know about this? are we back on for act VI (was it not supposed to be empty?), or is this just a goodie for box set folks? admittedly i haven't been following the news on this too closely. i don't have many box sets, so with that caveat in mind, this box is quite nice. easily the nicest i have. very durable and sharply presented. it certainly makes the steep price point make it feel more like it was worth it. pics in my next post. Yes, Act VI was advertised to be an empty sleeve in the set. If and when it is released, box set owners get it at a discount. ok. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isavedlatin54 1,034 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I feel fucking stupid for sleeping on this chrisapple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billich0986 110 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 20 hours ago, perelandra05 said: I've never heard the originals, only previous on vinyl I have is Amour, so far I've cleaned through all the records and listened to Fox & the Hunt, ACT I, and ACT II. All have quite a bit of surface noise which is a bummer as I've bought them to listen too and not just admire. Amour sounded fantastic by the way. The vinyl came out of the box very filthy so hopefully a play thru and another round of cleaning will fix it but just curious what everyone else's experience has been so far. I'm cleaning the box set right now and am listening to Act I. I don't have any surface noise, and they sound very clear and crisp. I don't have any of the original presses, so I have nothing to compare to in that regard, but it sounds really good and in line with any other high quality press, so I'm happy. highfives 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 For those who have the box set already, are the jackets gatefold like the original presses? Or are they single sleeves? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fowty Dollaz 2,415 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, highfives said: For those who have the box set already, are the jackets gatefold like the original presses? Or are they single sleeves? Single sleeves only part that really bummed me out. It would've been nice to have expanded, new artwork. ok. and chrisapple 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, Fowty Dollaz said: Single sleeves only part that really bummed me out. It would've been nice to have expanded, new artwork. Kind of lame considering they were all gatefolds in their last iteration. What happened to the artwork inside the gatefolds for IV and V? chrisapple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fowty Dollaz 2,415 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 hours ago, highfives said: Kind of lame considering they were all gatefolds in their last iteration. What happened to the artwork inside the gatefolds for IV and V? *Shrug* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chamb117 568 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 my guess for single sleeve vs gatefold is the single sleeve stack more easily, whereas stacking gatefolders would aesthetically be less pleasing. not saying that's a defensible rationale, although (again, from a purely aesthetic standpoint, which a lot of this is based on) i totally understand it chrisapple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_stretts 121 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Received this in the mail last week. Pressing is incredibly quiet and sounds amazing. rickydenim 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dapeebs 497 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Looks like they put up around ~80 copies of the boxset back up. Also, looks like they pressed the Fox and the Hunt on its own as well. Seems to be the same pressing that's within the boxset: https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/the-fox-and-the-hunt-black-1 chrisapple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isavedlatin54 1,034 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 10 hours ago, dapeebs said: Looks like they put up around ~80 copies of the boxset back up. Also, looks like they pressed the Fox and the Hunt on its own as well. Seems to be the same pressing that's within the boxset: https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/the-fox-and-the-hunt-black-1 Thanks for the heads up. Did grab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isavedlatin54 1,034 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Bump cause this is still up and I don’t want folks to miss out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewlucas 868 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Hmmmm.... Justinadamk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unravelled 36 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/copy-of-all-is-as-all-should-be-standard-vinyl The Fox and the Hunt limited orange lp pressing of 450. Edited February 18 by unravelled chrisapple 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewlucas 868 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, unravelled said: https://www.caveandcanarygoods.com/collections/the-dear-hunter/products/copy-of-all-is-as-all-should-be-standard-vinyl The Fox and the Hunt limited orange lp pressing of 450. It’s been up for a while. Surprised it’s still there with such a low press. However this album just makes me want to listen to the actual full album every time I try and listen, so maybe that’s other people’s reason for not caring. 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewlucas 868 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Side note: I started making masks for me and my friends if anyone is interested. https://imgur.com/a/Szk0A8h https://imgur.com/a/tHd4FW4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 6 hours ago, andrewlucas said: Hmmmm.... I’m iffy about this. It’s a cool idea but I read something that was like “this will be the definitive and sound on those two albums” and it rubs me the wrong way. I’ll still listen to it, and if it’s worth it probably buy it. But I’m definitely not as hyped as others seem to be. I think that’s kind of my overall vibe about the band lately in general, which is a weird thing to say given how much I have loved them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chamb117 568 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/18/2021 at 4:41 PM, highfives said: I’m iffy about this. It’s a cool idea but I read something that was like “this will be the definitive and sound on those two albums” and it rubs me the wrong way. I’ll still listen to it, and if it’s worth it probably buy it. But I’m definitely not as hyped as others seem to be. I think that’s kind of my overall vibe about the band lately in general, which is a weird thing to say given how much I have loved them. kinda in this headspace, too. maybe it's the whole pillar thing. and branching off into HA. don't think i'm even gonna watch the stream, although i don't doubt some of the preorder stuff will lure me in. we'll see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 2/23/2021 at 3:21 PM, chamb117 said: kinda in this headspace, too. maybe it's the whole pillar thing. and branching off into HA. don't think i'm even gonna watch the stream, although i don't doubt some of the preorder stuff will lure me in. we'll see. Did anyone watch the stream? I heard a couple of clips and decided to do a month of Pillar. I’m gonna go ahead and eat some of those words up there because the Act I performance is fucking incredible. I'm really interested to hear Act II. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
highfives 793 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Act II performance was really great. I feel like there were some weak spots vocally, but instrumentally it was really great. The sound quality and mix of these two performances has been incredible. I'm going to assume there will be an official release of this audio in some form - it's too detailed and involved to leave it tucked away on Pillar. Anyone else catching these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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