black international album- get it now!

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:15 pm

After more listening: drums are great, and you do the 'slightly scary/manic singer'-thing very well, in that you do sound a bit unhinged. I mean that as a compliment. Also, the recording of the vocals is particularly good - very dynamic sounding. Really, really good.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:34 pm

Wasn't "Word Virus" played at the Shortscale gig? I'm on my third listen of it. Good stuff Stewart. Fucking loving the guitar tones.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:57 pm

Yeah, we played all of these at shortscaleapalooza.

Thanks for the kind words folks, it really means a lot, and i hope you're not just all being nice for the sake of it. These recordings (and most of the rest of the album) have existed in a bubble for over a year and after months of picking them to pieces over and over again it starts to drive you up the wall a bit.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:30 am

will definitely be picking up a cd at your newcastle gig mate. lovely sounds.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:21 pm

cheers son, however, i think you're on the 'free goodie bag' list for past services rendered.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:29 pm

Ah you don't have to do that mate. looking forward to the night chief.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:30 pm

Great stuff, Stew; BI keep getting better and better.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:19 pm

ok folks, anyone who wants to shell out for a physical copy can do so now through our bandcamp page. if you buy one you get an immediate download, and we'll post the discs out on the 11th march. just to reiterate, the CDs are very fancy, handmade felt covers wrapped in wax-sealed ribbon with a fold-out insert scribbled on by one or more of the band. we've put a lot of work into them, and think that Â£6 is an extremely good price to sell them for. there are only 200 being made, and once they're gone they're gone. we may do another run at some point later in the year, but the packaging will be much simpler.

if you want a download only it'll be available on the 11th at a price reduced to suit. or if you don't want to buy one, you can listen to it on the bandcamp page and tell us what you think.

once we get the t-shirts from the printer (next week i hope) we'll most likely do a shirt-and-CD bundle for Â£10. there are two t-shirt designs, one by me and one by kim, which is fucking amazing. or if we're playing in a town near you on tour next month you could pick one up then.

we've managed to do all this stuff from start to finish with no financial or organisational assistance from anyone, it's a completely DIY endeavour, and as such we could do with as much word of mouth about the album as possible. if you like it, tell your friends about it, share a few tracks, whatever. any help is good help!

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:40 pm

Gotted it.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:40 pm

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:46 pm

holy shit. i'm waiting for the cd + shirt bit.

can i pay extra and get one of each shirt + US postage?

will be happy to wait :]

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:58 pm

Holding out for a hero to see the t-shirt designs.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:16 pm

no problems if you want to wait for the shirts... here's mockups of the designs (subject to slight changes etc):

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ambientnoize · Post by **ambientnoize** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:18 pm

hey stewart, album sounds incredible. sorry i couldn't make it to your gig last week (or the launch in March.. girlfriends 21st!) i'll be sure to catch you out and about soon though

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:20 pm

Do want white one - shall I just pay a tenner through bandcamp? Can I do that?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:20 pm

stewart wrote:no problems if you want to wait for the shirts... here's mockups of the designs (subject to slight changes etc):

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click to enlarge-

Oh snap, should've held fire!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:34 pm

shite, i knew i shouldn't have mentioned the bloody t-shirts...

ok, if you've bought the album i'll do a special shortscale discount, howsabout that? i'll send out a t-shirt with the CD for an extra Â£4 + whatever the postage comes to (taking into account what you've already paid for the album- so probably an extra quid or something) that you can chuck in the band paypal later.

that means you can preorder the album, get your download now, and the package will turn up in a couple of weeks.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:34 pm

benecol wrote:Do want white one - shall I just pay a tenner through bandcamp? Can I do that?

I want the black one and a fancy felt cd, can I do the above too?

ambientnoize · Post by **ambientnoize** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:44 pm

might be worth looking into a bigcartel or something stewart, especially for all these packages?

or can you add another album / price+stuff on bandcamp?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:49 pm

aye, i'm looking at that now. we've got a bigcartel page, right enough... am investigate!