Pre-Order Thread

sorcerer said:
The band's? I'm not sure. Most people I've seen agree that they pulled an Interpol and set the bar as high as possible with their first album, but their follow-up is also supposed to be great. I haven't heard it. The single for their new album seems to be getting good reception as well.

If you haven't heard of it, the frontman for Have A Nice Life has his own solo project under the name Giles Corey. Way more acoustic and wayyy more manically depressed than Deathconsciousness. It also comes with a really interesting book written by the man himself, Dan Barrett.

I'd obv recommend getting the vinyl for it too when you can, though it's sold out on his site right now. Resale prices aren't awful at the moment in case you wanna get one on Discogs. Pic related is what it looks like

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The Unnatural World is ok....nowhere near Deathconsciousness, though.
 
dropsonde said:
Wow, kind of amazed at the level this band rips off MBV. Can’t decide if it’s a good or bad thing.

Either way, if someone’s seeking out that classic MBV sound, this has it in spades.
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Honesty FJ are pretty highly regarded for capturing the MBV sound and they don't release new albums often so this is a big deal for fans. Some of these tracks were released years ago and folks have been waiting patiently for them. I think they do it pretty well.
 
Cross post from the World Music thread:

Skalap said:
New Ostinato Records release available for pre-order : Pour Me A Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde


In the 1950s, a few young men, known as Badius, embarked on a nearly 2,500-mile (4000 km) journey from the northern rural interior of Cabo Verde’s Santiago Island to the island of São Tomé off the Atlantic coast of central Africa. Incredibly, they made the arduous journey not to earn a better living or send money back home — but to simply buy an accordion, locally known as a gaita. They would work years in harsh conditions to earn enough to buy the instrument and a few more years to buy a ticket back to Santiago.

Returning home, they slowly formed an elite class of self-taught gaita players who achieved a status similar to the griots of West Africa: venerated: wise elderly men archiving Badiu history in their diatonic button accordions. The gaita became the maximum expression of Badiu identity, one defined over centuries by a persistent culture of revolt and rebellion against domination and injustice. In a land lacking electricity, the acoustic instrument is king.

The gaita masters marriage to a hard-won instrument gave birth to raw Funaná music, undoubtedly a trans-Atlantic sibling of Colombian Cumbia. Hypnotic notes on aged accordions, tuned and flavored in ways found nowhere but Santiago, became infused with inviting baselines, raucous rhythms, blade-on-iron percussion and the bubbling lyricism and lament of the island’s finest ambassadors, their lyrics spoke of the trials of daily scarcity and playfully crafted whole metaphors within songs.

Their music was outlawed under colonial rule, with strict curfews monitored by the ever watchful eye of Portugal’s secret police to prevent gatherings since Funaná was dance music meant for large crowds, centered on one of the many star gaiteiros. Yet, naturally defiant, Badiu Funaná continued unfazed at the risk of arrest, detention, or worse.

Funaná remained an isolated style, largely an affair for Badiu ears only. But in 1991, Cabo Verde had its first democratic election. Elections are tricky business anywhere, let alone a state divided into several islands, each needing a tailored approach. Political parties found a novel solution, perhaps even a model, to successfully get their campaign messages out to large audiences with ears wide open: music festivals. Until today, Cabo Verde plays host to dozens of festivals a year, some sponsored by the government.

The music of the proud African interior became the soundtrack of choice at campaign rallies and music festivals. It drew large crowds, engaged the youth, kept people content, and undoubtedly won votes, setting the stage for traditional Funaná’s entry into the mainstream. But professional production and recording remained elusive.

Younger artists empowered by the politically-backed proliferation of Funaná in the early ‘90s began traveling inland to learn the trade secrets from the gaita griots, taking up the once maligned artform to counter what they saw as global pop sounds diluting Cabo Verdean output and preventing genuine local music from competing on the airwaves.

Another revolt was afoot, and in 1997, an “earthquake shook the country,” a Cabo Verdean newspaper wrote, when a group of youths, calling themselves Ferro Gaita, “dared to make a disc based on the gaita, ferrinho and bass guitar.” That best-selling first album -- 40,000 copies in a country of just 400,000 -- changed the entire trajectory of the country’s music.

Ferro Gaita’s success caught the attention of affluent producers based in Cabo Verde’s large European diaspora, namely Rotterdam. Widespread sentiment was to honor the old gaita masters from the small villages of Santiago by commercially publishing their work for the very first time, giving what was once hidden the bigger stage it deserved.

This compilation curates eight tracks from a short period in the late ‘90s when cherished pioneers, who risked everything to give their proud culture a sound, were finally put in recording studios; an album in itself a revolt in favor of the music of the most marginalized and once deliberately silenced.

Pour yourself a grog, the Cabo Verdean moonshine distilled from sugarcane crushed by bulls, imbibe responsibly, listen carefully, and dance recklessly.

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DACUS,LUCY
2019 Ep
12" VINYL SINGLE

01. FOOL’S GOLD
02. LA VIE EN ROSE
03. MY MOTHER & I
04. FOREVER HALF MAST
05. DANCING IN THE DARK
06. IN THE AIR TONIGHT
07. LAST CHRISTMAS




Recorded in here-and-there studio spurts over the last two years, ‘2019 ‘will be released November 8th, and will be made up of originals and cover songs tied to specific holidays, each of which will drop around their respective date: Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day (and Taurus season!), Independence Day, Springsteen’s Birthday (not an official holiday, though we’re told Chris Christie often took that day off), Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s.

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- DACUS, LUCY - 2019 Ep

DACUS, LUCY:2019 Ep,12" VINYL SINGLE,ROCK
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sorcerer said:
Nah, it's been available since the site launched. The ltd. 500 vinyl for his two new singles sold out in like 30 minutes, and the vinyl for BTSTU sold out in a few days iirc.
That's assumedly why it's taking so long to press them. There's probably a boatload of pre-orders.

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I want them all. 😇
And I was almost over it. Now you’re pouring salt back in the wound... :p

Or at least press the damn album, please!
 
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