Bandbox: an uncompensated review of an interesting new club

May be the last thing you get from them.

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Kinda fine with me. I was trying to do the math the other day and think I paid around $4 per release I’ve gotten from them. Less if they ship the other stuff I’ve ordered and I still have gift cards
 
So based on this test pressing, bandbox announced the Luna Penthouse on 6/20 and got test pressings on 6/21. No wonder things take forever—it hadn’t even gone to press yet when they announced it.
I actually looked back when I saw those dates. It was announced in March and the ship date was scheduled for July. Still not enough time to turn around a full run of albums when they haven't even finished their test pressings.
 
I feel like Bandbox is like the new Sounds Delicious or Paste Quarterly. At this rate I will never spend my gift cards or get the records I ordered.
 
I actually looked back when I saw those dates. It was announced in March and the ship date was scheduled for July. Still not enough time to turn around a full run of albums when they haven't even finished their test pressings.
Oh you’re right. The other Luna releases were 6/20 announcement
 
Anybody get anything shipped their way lately? Sent an email last week and still haven't received a response, which isn't usual.
 
Could you hold off on the doomsaying until I get the priest and Bob?
I mean I have 8-9 records on preorder and a $250 credit still but I get your point. In my opinion they simply tried to go to scale too quickly. Because when they first started they had some great exclusives that were actually highly sought after. I just don’t see a way out of us for them. They completely lost trust with the customer. Nobody is going to ever want to pay full price for something they get 9 month after it was promised. They went away from the subscription model last year and the delays are arguably worse than they were beforehand.
 
It has been very quiet. I have a good few preorders and a few that are in stock that haven’t shipped. The silence makes me think they are in bother
 
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