Long story short I finally got my lp copy last night and it sounds great, still kind of can't believe it exists
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
"Love's Holiday" out in July https://oxbowofficial.bandcamp.com/album/loves-holiday-out-7-21-23
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
New single out today, "Icy White & Crystalline." Sounds like a forgotten DGC band from the 90s. Love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz6RrzuR9w
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
Nice, super excited for this.
As a side note, I went to go pre-order this from Ipecac's bandcamp page and thought I'd also grab that Dave Lombardo album. It's sold out on every format already, LP, CD, everything. It came out May 5th - that seems insanely fast. It appears I can get it from Amazon, so whatever, but I'd rather than money go to the label than Bezos. Anyway, I'm seeing that a lot more frequently lately that labels are selling out of things really quickly. The new Blood Ceremony being another example - just released on May 5th and every format (LP and CD) completely sold out on Rise Above's website. Are that many labels just doing miniscule runs these days? Just seems a bad look for a hyped new album to be completely sold out from the source less that two weeks post release.
I guess just a good reminder to make sure you snag something the instant you see a pre-order pop up.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
This happens a lot! It’s frustrating.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:04 (one year ago) link
you gotta preorder before the band even forms
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:11 (one year ago) link
It is super frustrating. I get things like the exclusive, limited vinyl colors getting snatched up right away, but I'm seeing it way too often for literally every physical format. Oh you wanted a copy of that album that came out last week? Too late, you missed it!
I can only imagine how frustrating it has to be for a band...
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 May 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
had a great first listen to Love’s Holiday just now, after prepping by going back through their albums this week (v rewarding). Dead Ahead is a great opener/single, and it’s an amusing approach how after the first two tracks they move p much exclusively into their slow, stygian power mode. i like the continuing move into melodic ballad trappings, even if a couple of times i had a fleeting sense of more recent nick cave (not a fan). but choral and keyboard set off the muscular torment and pent-up force. it *sounds* great. the group are in v good form and looking forward to seeing them in september.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 22 July 2023 10:32 (ten months ago) link
I love the new album, it is Numinous and Forbidding in all the best ways
― imago, Saturday, 22 July 2023 10:33 (ten months ago) link
yep agreed.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 22 July 2023 10:34 (ten months ago) link
also the track titles are some of the best I've seen in a while. how has no band begun an album with 'Dead Ahead' before
― imago, Saturday, 22 July 2023 10:35 (ten months ago) link
thankfully the song does that title justice
― imago, Saturday, 22 July 2023 10:36 (ten months ago) link
as a means of saying sorry to Fizzles I am getting into their earlier stuff
King Of The Jews is fantastic. Angel is one of the great rock songs maybe
― imago, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 10:44 (four months ago) link
Eugene pls log back into ILX btw, that was fun
― imago, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 10:46 (four months ago) link
King of the Jews is I think my favourite.
― Fizzles, Friday, 19 January 2024 11:23 (four months ago) link
you know when they describe a modern album as fire and brimstone because it's kind of noisy, yet kind of trad, and kind of fearsome? yeah well those albums aren't fire and brimstone, this is
― imago, Friday, 19 January 2024 12:47 (four months ago) link