Sigil 04_: Welcome oblivion

[Camille]

I'm in London for the weekend and managed to persuade a record shop to sell me a copy of the CD ahead of its UK release.
Nice people.

[sheepdean]

Probably should remove the record store's name, don't wanna get them in trouble if any Columbia people are browsing the site.
Have they got any promo stuff there though? Standees, posters etc?

[Camille]

Probably should remove the record store's name, don't wanna get them in trouble if any Columbia people are browsing the site.
Have they got any promo stuff there though? Standees, posters etc?

Done.
No. No promo material as yet.

[theimage13]

Just got email confirmation (yeah...on a Sunday afternoon?) that my copy from Amazon has shipped. I didn't even bother to look to see what versions might be available via the band's page, because money's tight enough as it is that I nearly didn't purchase it at all.

[hologram parade]

Done.
No. No promo material as yet.

I got a 12x12" double sided poster thing, thicker material with 2 different versions of the cd album cover. only 2 came to my record store, but i did get 3 an omen ep 11x17" posters

[oldschool]

I was able to pick up the album today at a local record store. They all always have Tuesday's releases available during the weekend prior.

[staleincense]

I recieved my UK CD copy from Amazon today, will probabaly be listening to it a little later.

[kenthebear]

To my fellow people in the UK:
I went to go buy this today in HMV, couldn't find it whatsoever. Asked the nice lady for assistance, she said 'oh yeah we've got it!' and took me to the metal section.

so if you can't find it, it's because HMV can't sort genres for shit.

[Max Leo]

Those who have already received or bought their cds have noticed those mastering differences for "Too Late, All Gone" (lower sound quality, if I understood correctly) or "The Loop Closes" (slightly different ending) mentioned before?

Also, are there any pics for the digipack and the booklet?

[gorast]

Has anyone received shipping confirmations for the merch yet? The site said the shirts were supposed to ship out last week, and yet there's been nothing on my account since I placed the order for the second shirt, independent of my already-delayed other order. While the vinyl situation is frustrating, I understand what happened, but I don't see any reason for the shirts not to ship out.

[Camille]

To my fellow people in the UK:
I went to go buy this today in HMV, couldn't find it whatsoever. Asked the nice lady for assistance, she said 'oh yeah we've got it!' and took me to the metal section.

so if you can't find it, it's because HMV can't sort genres for shit.

In my experience, HMV don't really know much about music unless it's in the top shitting ten.

Good you got it in the end though.

[Camille]

Been quite enjoying the new album. I was unsure at first after listening to the stream a few times. I don't think it's something I will play a lot of, but it's really rather good. Nice to have the physical item.

[staleincense]

So, just listened to it in full, great music to listen to in Milkdrop while wearing a pair of Sennhesiers, very immersive. That said, I have to say that some of the later songs did seem to really drag on for a while.

On another note, did anyone else think that Recursive Self-Improvment sounds very Aphex Twin?

[kenthebear]

In my experience, HMV don't really know much about music unless it's in the top shitting ten.

Good you got it in the end though.

I would have agreed with you but in the same store I saw Mogwai's Les Revenants (a soundtrack to a tv show not even shown here) on more prominent display, and even with cheap vinyl copies. Weird stuff.

[Morad]

I still can't believe how impressed I am with Welcome Oblivion. It reminds me so much of Low actually: how the second half just turns over within itself and just surrenders to the soundscapes. It's all pretty staggering.

Here's what I wrote about it for Antiquiet, by the way.

[Camille]

I would have agreed with you but in the same store I saw Mogwai's Les Revenants (a soundtrack to a tv show not even shown here) on more prominent display, and even with cheap vinyl copies. Weird stuff.

I must admit I have obtained quite a lot of left field and perhaps difficult to find sounds at HMV over the years. I guess i'm just a little bitter that they have chosen to close all of the stores in my city. A lot of other towns are cities are being left with at least one. They are however leaving us with a branch of Fopp, so that's something.

[sheepdean]

Midnight EST, bring it on

[blassster]

Has anyone received shipping confirmations for the merch yet? The site said the shirts were supposed to ship out last week, and yet there's been nothing on my account since I placed the order for the second shirt, independent of my already-delayed other order. While the vinyl situation is frustrating, I understand what happened, but I don't see any reason for the shirts not to ship out.

Same situation here, only ordered merch. Still quiet.

[sheepdean]

I had a t shirt ordered from a different card and account from the vinyl and nothing either. Maybe they are run the guys at topspin and forgot to tell us?

[Trains]

Just out of interest, what do other peoples order statuses say? My CD pre-order only just changed from 'recieved' to 'processing' so I wonder if that means there'll be a delay in shipping?

[jessamineny]

Contrary to what the site says ("Ships for March 5 delivery"), when I was talking to Modlife CS, he said they were not allowed to ship anything out before release date.

[arsenic]

Just out of interest, what do other peoples order statuses say? My CD pre-order only just changed from 'recieved' to 'processing' so I wonder if that means there'll be a delay in shipping?

same here and my order include a vinyl and the last person on earth shirt.

[konkelo]

Interesting to check out the HD FLAC version tomorrow. Never really listened anything in that format so I'm curious to try it out. Bummer to wait the vinyl though but the 320 mp3 and this HD FLAC will keep me satisfied until that.

[caterault]

http://i.imgur.com/tubhl1G.png?1

Managed to find the album on Spotify, noticed some curious additions, look at the release date and the inclusion of the debut EP tracks at the end, spelt in the same format as the rest of the songs.

[sheepdean]

Yeah, iTunes and Amazon are listing it with EP1 too. I reckon this means it'll never be reprinted, if they're selling it with the digital album.

[Papagolash]

Anyone point out yet that Mariqueens singing/humming at the end of Ice Age is used again at the end of Hallowed Ground, only pitched up and sped up a bit?

[The Reason Being]

Yeah I mentioned it the day the stream went live, glad someone else noticed though, gives the album a real sense of closure (Motifs ftw). Think she just sang it again though rather than pitched up Ice Age's version.

[gorast]

My favorite thing is when a distributor waits until the last possible moment to announce a delay. Of course we've known about the vinyl delay for a week now, but Modlife just sent out an email telling me about it. Wonderful.

[howdidislipinto]

According to the HTDA Facebook post today, Apple Lossless WILL be an option, which makes me happy in the ear-pants. (I'm a simple iTunes guy, I like my CD quality music but don't know what the fuck to do with FLAC files.)

[paul_guyet]

Here's my review of Welcome oblivion.

Hope you enjoy.