7. "This shit is basically 7 movie score tracks except there ain’t no movi..." In response to Reply # 0
I have doubles of every other release on vinyl. But I’ll be passing on this one. Years from now I might look back at this as their “secret life of plants” departure. But for now, it plays better as background music to Braveheart or somethin.
11. "Based on the brief listens I had yesterday" In response to Reply # 7
some of these tracks sound like leftovers from something done with Michael Kiwanuka.
Once again seeing that $20.00 shipping charge from their bandcamp site is going to make me wait until Mr. Bongo or some other US based site drops this for domestic shipping. I can't justify paying $20.00 shipping for what is basically an EP. It is interesting the seven tracks are going to be pressed on 2 LPs.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
I threw it on while cleaning and I eventually sat down and just took it all in, this is amazing! like someone said it's basically a movie score with no movie. maybe Inflo is auditioning his production skills for the cinema
20. "I'm down with the shift" In response to Reply # 0
but not completely with the execution. at least off of one listen, I feel like the music is missing some *oomph*. I get that it's called 'Air,' but the sound is a bit too thin and light for my tastes. happy to see them explore new territory, tho. and I really like the vocals on June 55.
I wonder how the people who insta-copped this before listening feel.
21. "i'm in that camp (insta-cop) and" In response to Reply # 20
i feel good about the purchase for two reasons:
1) it's going to be an album i put on when i'm sitting down to read (that's already a ritual i have with some other instrumental albums)
2) i'm really late to the vinyl game and it's nice to have a chance to be a completist from the beginning of a new band's existence (currently doing that with Khruangbin as well). like i know i'm never going to collect all of the albums from well-established artists/bands who are several decades deep. but this is a cool opportunity to do that from the start.
I totally get that. instrumental records are becoming more important to me now for similar reasons.
(sadly, I waited too long to check out Khruangbin; I've already made peace with the fact that some of their earlier stuff is in the "oh well" territory for me.)
>2) i'm really late to the vinyl game and it's nice to have a >chance to be a completist from the beginning of a new band's >existence (currently doing that with Khruangbin as well). like >i know i'm never going to collect all of the albums from >well-established artists/bands who are several decades deep. >but this is a cool opportunity to do that from the start.
Also, buying physical media helps artists like this way more than streaming or downloading it for free. Like I always see buying vinyl as my way of saying, "Hey, keep making music."
33. "It is powerfully legitimate." In response to Reply # 32
In addition to selling records, they also repress records on their own.
The main reason I posted up that Sault link is because I got an email about them repressing a special 50 year anniversary edition Arthur Verocai's first album and the Air album happened to be in that email. Mr Bongo also sold all the prior Sault records at domestic shipping rates. If memory serves me correct, I think they sold a colored variant of one of them, but I could be wrong about that.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
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