No Age - Everything In Between

Or enough of a market, I should say.

Really? There's no market for people who want the new lp by a favorite band for <$15?

Wait, that was a response to markers. So drunk sorry!

Its OK. Markers has a point, except I don't think its a universal opinion among labels that CDs are the "budget" item. CDs still can have beautiful packaging, and LPs can still have shitty packaging. My point was that they wouldn't put effort into multiple versions unless there were more dramatic distinctions between them.

CDs and downloads are more convenient, so the attraction to vinyl for most current buyers is packaging/collectibility and sound quality (my sound system is old so my vinyl doesn't even sound very good).

Satisfying the few consumers that want their vinyl with vinyl packaging would most likely be a waste of money for labels. Electronica 12"s on the other hand classically have blank sleeves because why would a DJ care? I feel like that is more of a tradition now than a reason.

I'm late to this, but it's a doozy of a record! I'm feeling it dawgzz!!!!!!

Yeah, I really really love it. I mean, I always liked No Age (enough to buy their first 5 EPs+Nouns. Missed out on Weirdo Rippers for some reason), but I would never have thought they'd make my album of the year. But this is pretty much it. Skinned, Valley Hump Crash, Life Prowler, so so so awesome.

what's good after the first few songs? i get so stuck on them i tend to bypass/ignore the rest of the album. sometimes single-song recommendations help (this is what's happened with the new deerhunter disc for me).

Yep, I used to just listen to the first 4 over and over too!

Start with "Skinned", played as loudly as is socially acceptable. I also love "Valley Hump Crash", but I think it sounds best when played in the context of the album, after the instrumental "Katerpillar".

will do, tonight. thx.

also highly recommended is the title track off of the "Losing Feeling" EP that came out last year, if you haven't heard it. Once it kicks into the second half it's like KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Common heat & valley hump crash ftw

this has suddenly started to grow on me

they're kind of a boring band but that can be nice sometimes

Beautiful background music. The album reminds me of what a thirty-minute "Here Come The Warm Jets" (the song, not album) would sound like.

Really really like this.

Really couldn't get into this new one. Weirdo Rippers is the one for me still. Nouns had its moments but never reached the highs of Weirdo Rippers and this new one is just a big load of nothing. I dunno what happend, they had loads of energy before and its all gone now. Hope they just took a sneeky left turn and they have it still left in them somewhere. Same goes for HEALTH tbh, their last album sucked as well but the first one was full of power and energy. Both bands still deliver live mind, well they did last time I check a year and a bit ago...

i don't have anything interesting to say about this other than i like it but i wish the singer wasn't so *indie* about it

i like it better when the vocals are shoutier / punkier

isn't this their new jersey? besides its lack of 'hits'...

What happened to em?

They're recording the follow-up now. I need it so bad.