PO: The Ocean "The Grand Inquisitor" 10" 2nd press

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THE GRAND INQUISITOR 10" - PART III and IV up

for preorder now!

After the 1st pressing of the „Grand Inquisitor“ Ten Inch sold out within 72 hours after starting the preorder, we decided to give all you poor folks who missed their chance the

first time around a 2nd chance: the repress is up for preorder now, and it is not just a remake of the first pressing, but comes with 2 new silk screen prints by 2 different artists!

THE GRAND INQUISITOR is a 10" vinyl E.P. featuring the 3 "Grand Inquisitor" - tracks off

our latest album "Anthropocentric", as well as the 4th, previously unreleased chapter entitled "The Grand Inquisitor IV - Exclusion From Redemption". This 7-minutes track is thematically completing the "Grand Inquisitor" – series, which makes reference to the chapter of the same title in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamasov.

The 10“ comes with 4 different silk-screened covers – one for each Grand-Inquisitor chapter. While Dawid Piprek and Chris Smith (the cover artists of the first pressing) visualized the first 2 chapters, the 2 new artists focus on the 3rd and 4th chapter.

Christian Brix (Dresden) has visualized the lyrics to

"The Grand Inquisitor III - A Tiny Grain of Faith":

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  The devil sows in you a tiny grain of faith
  And it will grow into an oak tree
  You will dine on locusts
  You'll wander in the wilderness to save your soul
  

His drawing shows the face of the non-believer, in who the devil has planted the seed of faith. The Holy Trinity is represented by 3 pairs of acorns in the left half of the picture, which form the 3 corners of a triangle.

Carl Whitbread from Sydney, Australia has visualized the lyrics to "The Grand Inquisitor IV: Exclusion From Redemption" in an old etching style. The front cover shows the Grand Inquisitor himself with his hands holding and protecting a sphere with people dancing,

which represents the Inquisitor's vision of his protection of humanity by taking away their freedom, therefore keeping them happy and ignorant.

On the back, is Jesus. The same sphere appears in between his hands, but this time contains an image of people in a fire, representing the Inquisitor's vision of what Jesus has done to humanity by allowing freedom.

Both cover versions were silk-screened by hand onto 650 g heavy natural cardboard. Christian Brix' version comes with transparent clear / transparent yellow colour-split vinyl. Carl Whitbread's version comes with transparent clear / transparent red colour-split vinyl.

This second pressing completes the series of the 4 chapters of The Grand Inquisitor. There will not be a 3rd pressing. Be quick this time, as this pressing is limited to 250 copies of

each version!

Pre-order: http://pelagic-records.com/vinyl/

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FYI, it comes to about $23 shipped. I know people were interested in the 1st press so here's your 2nd chance.