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really liking this.

this is great. imma buy this vinyl when i have money.

Awesome! I like this a lot.

thanks, yall. there's just a preorder right now, but records are ready to ship june 1: http://www.sorrystaterecords.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=3360

only thing with ordering vinyl from the states is getting pumped on shipping. i really wanted that whores 12" that came out recently but the shipping was more than the record! i might have to settle for digital.

yeah, shipping overseas is always real shitty. i'd imagine some uk distros will probably get this eventually, which should cut costs a little. i sell a lot of records on discogs.com, and i have to charge a flat $14 for shipping an lp (with nice new mailer/fillers and paypal fees) overseas. postage blows right now, and it's only getting worse.

boughten

Digging this a whole bunch, good woooooooooork!

What effects are you using at the start of Marquee Warfare; delay and.. a subtle octave up, or just playing by the bridge??

This totally reminds me of Country Teasers or The Rebel at the more odd, twangy parts. BRILLZ.

Bort.

slight delay and picking by the bridge for maximum brittleness (i have a p90 in my duo sonic, so it still doesn't get AS brittle as it would with regular duo pickups). at some point the other guitar player doubles up the riff on his fakenbacker. and i love me some ben wallers and that whole guided missile records scene (yummy fur, male nurse, lung leg, etc). that stuff probably comes through even more on the first lp: http://sorrystaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/whatever-brains

ha, there's a definite 'glasgow, 1994' vibe on the first album, now you mention it. i love the yummy fur, and the country teasers were genius- it's a shame they've been practically written out of scottish music history.

anyways, vinyl shipping is prohibitively expensive, so until it gets distribution over here i'll make do with MP3s. bought the RSD EP too. BANG.

rich wrote:whatever brains

Woah, they're a band! I listened to WB twice and I can tell ya, Not just a "good" band.

They don't just play guitar, they strum. Fast. The drums. They're not just playin drums. They're bangin those drums. And melody. They pick an unusual three chord progression and wear it out.

Left at that, this would be truly unbelievable music. But they take all this and sometimes play it really loud and the singer gets so excited he practically screams.

This is innovation we haven't heard since, like, I guess Devo.

stewart wrote:this is great. imma buy this vinyl when i have money.

^ This!

also, i need to put this on a cassette for my skateboarding jams

awesome. may as well post tour here as well. it's still kind of early, so there isn't a ton of venue/band info, but all the cities are pretty definite. we haven't been to most of these places before, so tell your friends!

Fri July 27 – Raleigh (Slim’s)
Sat July 28 – Charlotte (Recess Fest @ Yauhaus)
Sun July 29 – Atlanta (w/Wymyn's Prysyn)
Mon July 30 – Murray, KY
Tues July 31 – St. Louis
Wed Aug 1 – Madison (maybe?)
Thurs Aug 2 – Minneapolis (w/ Brain Tumors)
Fri Aug 3 –Milwaukee (Linneman's w/ River City Tanlines, Call Me Lightning, Sugar Stems)
Sat Aug 4 – Chicago (Crown Tap Room)
Sun Aug 5 – Detroit (Lager House)
Mon Aug 6 – Columbus
Tues Aug 7 – Buffalo
Wed Aug 8 – Amherst
Thurs Aug 9 – Providence (Dusk w/ Best Practices, She Rides and Party Pigs)
Fri Aug 10 – Brooklyn (Death By Audio w/ PC Worship, Big Ups, Acid Problem)
Sat Aug 11 – Philadelphia (Level Room w/ Acid Problem)

no doubt, this is fucking sick. West Coast, pls.

No baltimore/dc show?

lame sauce.

sorry! i've never been able to book a single show in dc, so i don't even try anymore. and since we were trying to play more midwest stuff, the midatlantic got the shaft. maybe i can talk the dudes into one more show on the way back down. i kind of doubt it, though. dana at unregistered nurse was real cool last time around.

gonna check need to check sounds promising. if only my head didn't feel like ASS right now.