21st of September 2012 Update of New and Key Restocked Items + Reviews
at Redscroll Records
LPs & 12″s
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Apache Dropout “Bubblegum Graveyard”
Avett Brothers, The “The Carpenter” (180 Gram 2LP Gatefold + D/L) (We only got 1 copy this week – supposedly the run was short and they are pressing more so hopefully next week for more of these. First one to get here gets it – no holds.)
Birds In Row “You, Me & The Violence”
Black Keys, The “BBC Sessions” (Unofficial; Black/White Vinyl)
Blank Dogs “Land And Fixed” (+ D/L)
Carpenter, John “John Carpenter’s ‘Prince Of Darkness'” (Original Soundtrack)
Crooked Hook “Crooked Hook” (Ltd. Ed. Hand Numbered /95 + CD)
Cyril “Saturday Night”
Dignan Porch “Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen” (+ D/L)
Eagle Twin “The Feather Tipped The Serpent’s Scale”
Efterklang “Piramida” (Out Tuesday)
Frost, Ben “Steelwound”
Fu Manchu “The Action Is Go” (2LP Gatefold)
Giant Claw “Mutant Glamour”
Grave “You’ll Never See…”
Hand To Man Band, The “You Are Always On Our Minds” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl; Tim Barnes, John Dieterich, Thollem, Mike Watt)
Heavenly Beat “Talent” (+ D/L)
Helio Sequence, The “Negotiations” (2LP, Gatefold, + D/L)
Jimmy Eat World “Bleed American” (180 Gram + D/L)
Joy Division “The Sound Of Music” (2LP Unofficial)
Killers “Battleborn” (2LP 180 Gram Red Vinyl Gatefold + 20 Page Oversize Book + Poster Ltd. Ed.)
Knelt Rote “Insignificance”
Man Is The Bastard “Thoughtless” (Ltd. Ed. Color Vinyl)
Menomena “Moms” (2LP, Gatefold, + D/L)
Midnight “Complete And Total Hell” (2LP Gatefold)
Mindset “Minset EP Collection”
Monochrome Set, The “Early Recordings: 1975-1977 ‘White Noise'”
Mumford & Sons “Babel” (180 Gram + D/L)
Nightsatan “Midnight Laser Warrior”
Quicksand “Slip” (2012 Reissue: Black Vinyl or Black/Red Vinyl or Yellow/Green Vinyl Options)
Raveonettes, The “Observator” (+ D/L)
Robinson Brotherhood, The Chris (The Chris Robinson Brotherhood) “Magic Door” (2LP Gatefold)
Sarcofago “Decade Of Decay” (2LP Gatefold)
Sensations’ Fix “Music Is Painting In The Air (1974-1977)” (2LP + 16 Page Booklet + D/L With Bonus Tracks)
Sirs “Sirs”
Sisters Of Mercy, The “Panic In Their Eyes” (Picture Disc)
Soft Pack, The “Strapped” (Ltd. Ed. /2,000 + D/L + 7″)
Spektor, Regina “What We Saw From The Cheap Seats”
Title Fight “Floral Green”
Various Artists “Harmony, Melody & Style Volume One: Lovers Rock In The UK 1975-1992”
Wallflowers, The “Glad All Over” (180 Gram + CD)
White Hills / Farflung “White Hills / Farflung”
XX, The “Coexist” (Deluxe Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl + 24 Page Booklet)
Zombie Rave (Mater Suspiria Vision / ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜ [Doppelganger]) “First Flesh: DJ Copy”
Hip-Hop 12″s & LPs
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Beck, Thavius “The Most Beautiful Ugly” (2LP + D/L)
JJ Doom “Key To The Kuffs” (2LP, + D/L)
Prince Paul “Psychoanalysis: What Is It?” (2LP)
Reggae LPs
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Aggrovators “Reggae Stones Dub”
King Tubby “King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown”
King Tubby “King Tubby’s ‘Rastafari Dub’ (1974-1979)”
Pablo, Augustus “Dubbing In A Africa”
Pablo, Augustus “Augustus Pablo Presents…. Ital Dub (Mixed By King Tubby (Dub Master))”
Electronic 12″s & LPs
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Biome “Two Way EP” (2×12″)
Daft Punk “Daft Club”
Supreme Cuts “Whispers In The Dark”(+ D/L)
Two Fingers (AKA Amon Tobin) “Stunt Rhythms” (3xLP Blue Heavyweight Vinyl + D/L)
7″s
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Joy Division “Atmosphere”
Mayfair Set, The “Already Warm / Desert Fun”
Twitching Tongues “Preacher Man”
Weekend Nachos “Black Earth”
Wolf Whistle “MA Glory”
CDs
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Animal Collective “Centipede HZ” (Ltd. Ed. First Press CD)
Band Of Horses “Mirage Rock”
Blind Dog “Captain Dog Rides Again”
Broken “Active Denial”
Bunkur “Bludgeon”
Dissection “The Somberlain”
Empty Flowers “Six”
Farflung “25,000 FT Per Second”
Fed Up! “Live At CBGB”
Gaslamp Killer, The “Breakthrough”
Impiety “Ravage & Conquer”
Lowrider “Ode To IO”
Nightbringer / Acherontas “The Ruins Of Edom” (Digipack)
Sorhin ” I Det Glimrande Morkrets Djup” (Digipack)
Wolfe, Chelsea “Apokalypsis”
Wolves In The Throne Room “Celestial Lineage”
Reviews
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The xx Coexist
[Buy From RSR Online]
(Young Turks)
The XX, a band from England was first heard with their self titled debut album. With their unique sound, the XX was able to introduce us to a different type of indie rock/pop music. The XX uses their soft voices to speak words that are deep and meaningful to many who listen as well as their hypnotic beats. There is a sense of space that is felt while listening to the XX, they have a great depth to their sound. They evoke emotion with every chord change and are able to be extremely expressive. This new album Coexist, is exactly what I would have expected from the XX. Coexist is even more precise, refined and moving than their first album. They were able to create such delicate longing music, that while listening to the album everything else seems to fade away. The XX have the ability to create music that glistens right out of the speakers. I find myself swaying my head to the dreamy sounds of this album. Overall, XX, you done good and I cannot wait to see what else you come up with.
[Reviewer: Kacie]
Bosse-de-Nage III
[Buy From RSR Online]
(Profound Lore)
Hailing from San Francisco, this black metal four-piece sounds more unique than one may expect. The elements from the genre are there: the vocals sound like tormented screams, the drums range from machine gun-fast to crawling slow, and a downtempo mood lingers. However, as the label puts it, “punk and early ‘90s indie art rock” influences play a big role as well. The resulting sound is very thoughtful, with a greater emphasis on abstract melodies than brute force: the atmosphere feels more like that of pulling back together after a violent storm than enduring it as it happens. The lyrics, in particular, focus more on poetically telling stories than rhyming (for example, opener “The Arborist” describes a bizarre garden where people are placed in wells to meditate and eventually form bonds with their trees.) That track has some of the most prominent black metal speed and technique on the album, but it’s clear that more post rock-minded guitar chords are brewing underneath. The new style really comes into fruition on the next track “Desuetude,” with an ever-changing tempo and multiple passages, including guitars that sound like sun shining through the clouds. It reminds me of other “outsider black metal” like Liturgy if they focused more on a post-rock/progressive sound, with intensity taking a back seat. There are plenty of slow-simmered songs that work excellently, particularly with the beautiful first half of the ten-and-a-half minute “The God Ennui,” which eventually builds back to hyper-speed intensity.
[Reviewer: Mark]