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Mamiffer - Hirror Enniffer LP

Alright, here we have it. Back for good. Busy buying a house. Saving my job. Trying to sign bands on the label. Keeping the girl. But especially, not getting my ass fired. Desperate times call for desperate salesmen.

And the first post of the new year, of the new era goes to... Mamiffer. With the risk of sounding redundant or maybe even an aaron turner-lover, I must confess that I somehow own a record or two with his name somewhere in the credits. But, even though he did play a role in "Hirror Enniffer", this band is much more the alter ego of the driving forces behind Everlovely Lightningheart, notably on Turner's label Hydrahead. This debut album was released somewhere in the spring of 2009 I think, but it wasn't until this winter that it started to make sense to me. Epic doomy passages with a melodic, some might call it soft twist. Yeah, there's piano in here, but let's keep in mind that not 1, not 2, but 3 members of (the unfortunately now defunct) These Arms Are Snakes contribute on this album as well, so Pitchfork's statement of dubbing this "Tori Amos went mute and post-metal" is just a bit too far-fetched for me.

Either way, "Hirror Enniffer" is an album you'll want on vinyl. And it's popping in stores all over the globe. I'm getting mine from Conspiracy, US visitors should check Chel's list or Vacation Vinyl. Oh yeah, for those who care, pressing of 300 copies, 200 on clear vinyl, 100 copies on smokey clear vinyl.

Dear Reader

I was gone. Personal shite. I'm back. Expect new and daily updates. Starting. Today!

End Of The Year

Guys, besides writing here, I also have a job. I'm a sales scumbag, so it's closing time for all my accounts. I need to make some money to pay for all these LPs as well. I'll be back Dec 23rd with more daily vinyl updates.

Year Of No Light / Machu Picchu Mother Future - Split LP

Here's an interesting new split LP from France's Music Fear Satan: on side A we have France's pride Year Of No Light teaming up with Fear Falls Burning and Nadja on two new songs. On the B-side comes a track by Machu Picchu Mother Future, which is apparently a collaborative effort between Souvenir's Young America, Conifer and Lesbian when they all 3 happened to be in the same studios and recorded about 2 hours of music together, these sessions birthed what will be known as "Space Mountain Forever." No idea how limited this is, but it comes on red vinyl and the artwork looks killer, so head over to Music Fear Satan and get it now!

Earth / Sir Richard Bishop - Peacock Angels Lament/Narasimha 12"

Not sure if these will actually pop up in their store or not, but Southern has announced that they'll be receiving about 50 left-over copies of the Earth/Sir Richard Bishop split LP called "Peacock Angels Lament/Narasimha". This 180g 12" was only available during their 2008 European Tour and limited to 1000 copies. The first 2 pictures are of the labels, this is no picture disc. 1 song by each artist, so keep your eyes peeled on the Southern site if you want one of these.

Update: should be available by the end of the week.

The Notwist - Come In 7"

The Notwist are an indie band who rely heavily on electronics, and definitely one of the better German bands around. For their newest 7" they managed to attract none other than Grizzly Bear to do a remix of their new track "Come In". Pre-order this limited 7" from Norman.

Xiu Xiu / Parenthetical Girls - Morrissey / The Smiths 7"

I respect The Smiths for their place in history. I think Morrissey is a self-obsessed overrated wanker. But I do love Xiu Xiu. And they're sharing a split 7" with a band from Portland that I can't pronounce, and it takes no genius to figure out that the tracks on here are covers. Order this limited 7" from Upset The Rhythm out of the UK.

Steve Moore - Fever Dream | 30,000 Feet Deep 10"

Zombi's Steve Moore is turning out to be one of the most prolific artists out there. Out soon on Mexican Summer is a new 10" under his own moniker this time, featuring the tracks "Fever Dream" and "30.000 Feet Deep" which you can check out below. Expect spaceships, bongs and elephants flying by on this 10" which is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. Pre-order at Insound.

30,000 Feet Deep by stevemoore2600

Helms Alee - s/t LP

Robotic Empire managed to score some copies of the self-titled LP by Helms Alee, currently on the HydraHead roster, who feature Ben Verellen of Harkonen on bass & vocals, and whose "Night Terror" is one of my absolute favourite albums of 2008. So, what we have here is their debut LP, limited to 500 copies pressed on heavy 200g vinyl, with an etching on the B-side and silk-screened covers. These are normally only available through Helms Alee directly on tour, so head over to Robotic Empire and get this as quick as you can. Oh yeah, comes on white vinyl, limited to 300.

Coalesce - OXEP 12"

Already mentioned a few weeks ago, but now available from the band directly as well is the vinyl edition of the OXEP album by Coalesce. And it turns out that the LP version comes on either silver or black 180g vinyl, and has an etching of the artwork. Now I can finally get that knife as well, yihaa. Order at Blue Collar Distro

100 Clear
500 180GM Black
500 White/Silver Split
500 Silver

Aldebaran / Unearthly Trance - Split 7"

Here's a cool new split 7" from Parasitic Records. Uneathly Trance are back with one new track of probably incredibly creepy metal, as well as a His Hero Is Gone cover! Aldebaran are the unknown on this split for me, and by heading over to their myspace I discovered they're a slow sludgemetal doom outfit from Portland who will manage to kick the shit of you. They won me over with the HHIG already, so this is a guaranteed winner.

This split 7" is limited to 500 copies and comes with a vinyl sticker for each band. Available now for $6,00 via Parasitic

Shrinebuilder - s/t 2xLP

Yeahyeah, again a Shrinebuilder post. Well, not only because I just now found out that the 2xLPs come on colored vinyl, and that there's even an etching on the D-side but also for those of you who are uncomfortable ordering your metal from Insound, they're also now available from 20 Buck Spin

Todd - Big Ripper LP

"It’s what Torche or The Melvins would sound like if they’d consumed a massive amount of speed, taken an andrenalin hit to their hearts and injected steroids into their cocks."

Sounds good? Fuck yeah! Finally up for pre-order is the vinyl version of Todd's newest album "Big Ripper", limited to 500 copies. Seriously one of the best albums of the year, so get your dirty little hands on it by pre-ordering now from Riot Season

Dead Weather - Test Pressing LP

Ebay madness and just wanted to share this with you all, my dearly beloved readers. Up for grabs for already $1,125 with 8 days of bidding to go, is a test pressing LP of Dead Weather. Limited to 150 copies with sleeves hand-drawn by the members and then shot them with their machinegun, leaving a bullethole in each record. These 12"s were only available at the opening of the Third Man Store. You want one don't you?

Neil Young - LP Reissue Boxset

$149.98 is what they're charging for the deluxe reissue boxset of Neil Young's first 4 albums. All records come with the original artwork, are pressed onto 180g and are numbered. The box includes the "Neil Young", "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "After The Gold Rush" and "Harvest" records. These LPs are actually quite easy to find, even if not in mint condition, so I'll just stick to my second hand copies that I bought for $1,99. For those of you who have the $150 to spare, get this box set which is limited to 3000 copies from Because Sound Matters

Six Organs of Admittance - Empty The Sun Book + LP

Books and music, movies and popcorn, whiskey and tits,... oh praise those perfect combinations. Up for order at Drag City is the "Empty The Sun" book, which comes with an LP of accompanying music written by Six Organs of Admittance. The novel is written by a certain Joseph Mattson and comes in a 12" by 12" vinyl format. Haven't heard the music yet, but it's supposed to sound a bit more like their early days. Haven't read the book yet, but it's supposed to good, and judging by this opening excerpt, it promises to be a good read: "Here I was, doing ninety on the Santa Monica Freeway with a quart of whiskey shoved into my crotch and my dead neighbor in the trunk. It had come time to leave Los Angeles..."

One-time pressing limited to 1000 copies, order the Book + LP for only $20 from Drag City

Baroness - Blue Record 3xLP

New triple vinyl version of the "Blue Record" is now available at Relapse.

Pressing information:
1000pcs
A/B Opaque Orange
C/D Clear Blue
E/F Blue/Seafoam Green Split
All on 180 gram Vinyl
Comes with an 18"x24" Poster
Third LP features live set from Roadburn Festival

Price depends on where you live and if you'd like a shirt, so head over to Relapse

Final & Fear Falls Burning - s/t LP

My boss is killing me, no time to post, but I owe you something, so hot off the press at Conspiracy:

Dirk Serries (Fear Falls Burning) and Justin Broadrick (Final) are both musicians with an impressive discography that spans over 2 decades. They both emerged from the same underground scene in the early eighties, releasing small print tape releases, often on the same labels. When they finally met for the first time in 2007 on a Jesu / Fear Falls Burning European tour they hit it on straight away. Their common love and interest in the avant-garde drone, experimental music scene resulted in Final's stunning contribution to the epic 'Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects' 5lp set by Fear Falls Burning. A full-length collaborative album was only a matter of time. About a year in the making this collaborative album showcases Final and Fear Falls Burning's ability to expand the drone genre with allowing power chords, figurative plucking and electronic-esque soundscapes to lead the 4 songs on this album. The collaboration is much more than just a sum of both their projects together but it realizes an entity on its own. In your face, metal-esque and avant-garde at the same time, Final and Fear Falls Burning took the leap forward in creating a intriguing variation on drone music.

This lp is limited to 500 copies (75 on clear, 125 on silver and 300 on black). Order now at Conspiracy

If These Trees Could Talk - Above The Earth, Below The Sky LP

If These Trees Could Talk are a post-rock outfit from Ohio who reader and dulli-lover Justin was so kind to point out to me. They're about to release their sophomore album on Mylene Sheath, and as usual it looks like the people over there did a wonderful job in giving it the vinyl treatment. The music you say? Well, they're an instrumental post-rock band and about now every small town in the Northern Hemisphere has one of those, so check out their myspace if you will. To me, it's clear that these guys are no Mogwai or Explosions In The Sky yet, but anyone familiar with the genre will still be quite entertained by this album. In stead of trying to copy the aformentioned others, ITTCT try to incorporate some other influences, such as the obvious Tool reference into their sound, and they're quite good at it. If you like your post-rock to slowly sweep you off your feet, you've come to the right place.

Anyway, the "Above The Earth, Below The Sky" LP comes in a thick jacket with matte lamination and spot gloss and printed inner sleeves and is limited to 400 copies in total, of which 100 on transpartent blue and 300 on green vinyl. Get yours from Mylene Sheath