Double shot of Red

H20 - Nothing to Prove LP / 746 (Third press)


New York's finest straight edge.
The most crazy, passionate, humble and most proud band to see live. Nothing to prove.

 Bodyjar - No Touch Red LP /300

Bodyjar are an awesome Australian punk band and I don't own much of their stuff but I've always loved them so I'll have to sort that out quick smart. This '98 classic has been remastered for vinyl, there was an option to get black vinyl but the red suited the cover and name - the choice was easy.

 

Monster

1st post of the year from me. A monster.

Make Do and Mend- End Measured Mile

- Clear Orange w/ Red swirl

- /97

- 3rd Pressing

Make Do and Mend- Part & Parcel

- Clear 'Honey' w/ a clockface

- /300

Transit- Listen & Forgive

- Grey Marble w/ Orange Splatter

- /1000

I Am The Avalanche- I Am The Avalanche

- Solid White

- /200

letlive.- Fake History

- Double LP on Solid White

- /500

Circa Survive- Blue Sky Noise (Deluxe Edition)

- Double LP on 180g black vinyl w/ vintage styling

- Brand new gatefold artwork

- MATT

Vheissu - 2nd press

It's only April and this will probably be the best record I will get this year.
Second press of Thrice - Vheissu. 2xLP brown vinyl. 1000 copies made.
Such a good looking record. I think this Thrice album would have to be my favourite of all their releases.

Held up to the light

First pressing of the record compared to the second. I think I prefer the cover from the first press, but the brown vinyl kicks ass over the original black thats with the first.

There's also a third press is in the works.

Thrice / Dustin

It must take a band to announce a hiatus to get repressing of albums underway and solo albums on vinyl to see the light of day. To me, thats a double edged sword.

First up is Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance. Second pressing limited to /1000 copies. This is another time I've had to stay up half the night for it to be released online in the U.S to not miss out on the copy. Glad I've got it though.


Next up is Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home of the band Thrice. He released this album a couple years back, but this is the first time its seen a vinyl release.

Brown variant /475

Clear-white variant /475

And I managed to work out a deal with the label to get myself a copy of the test press. Limited to /24. Basic DJ sleeve for now.

The label is working on a screen printed test press sleeve to go with it, which should look like this:

Complete set, short of the brown swirl variant (/50) which I'm also waiting to arrive

Worth the wait

Miles Away - Brainwashed (Sike Your Mind cover #9/20)

People that collect records know the frustration of wanting to find that special release/pressing/limited cover from a band they collect. It's seems to be a never ending search for that peice of the puzzle you desperately need to feel content with your collection. That was me until recently for nearly two and half years and to me, that was too long but I read about guys who have been looking for 10+ plus years to even get the chance of finding some of the stuff they collect so I guess I can't complain.

This Miles Away release was at the merch table at Sike Your Mind back in 2007/2008 it would have been. I wasn't at the show for whatever reason and that turned into trying to hunt it down through every means possible with no luck until one day, I randomly googled it and after searching heaps of result pages, it came up on a dude's webpage where he had posted it recently. After some emails back and forth to Germany it turned out to be, I sent through some money and 2 weeks later it was on my doorstep. What makes this better isn't the fact I also love Entourage, it's the note he put inside the record, a good touch after looking for something for so long.








Thrice - At Guitar Centre (#1176/2000)

2 acoustic tracks from their Guitar Centre session. Sounds awesome. Still the best band around.




Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining

Had to have a copy of this 1990 masterpeice.

Records that are better than whatever your parents were listening to at my age/Records recently purchased:

PMtoday- In Medias Res

- Yellow w/ Red, Black & Orange splatter

- /500

I Am The Avalanche- Avalanche United

- 1st Pressing

- Blue/Green swirl

- /140

And the Yellowcard boxset, limited to 500

Includes:

- The Underdog EP (Clear Red)

- Ocean Avenue (Clear Blue)

- Lights & Sounds (Clear Gold)

- Paper Walls (Clear Green)

- When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (Purple Marble)