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Thanks guys. Last few copies of the vinyl here https://www.juno.co.uk/products/36-wave-variations/780944-01/

Out this Friday! USA: https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/wave-variations UK/ROTW: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/36-wave-variations/780944-01/ (links will be active upon release) Here's a few glamour pics of the vinyl:

Just a heads up that Juno will have the vast majority of the stock, so order from there on Friday if you want a copy. They offer the cheapest worldwide shipping of any record store on the internet too (something like £4 to ship a 12" record from the UK to the USA... It costs me about £14 in comparison)

Yes, though it's not a real one. It's a deep sampled Legacy 1928 Steinway Scoring Piano, from 8dio. All notes were programmed in MIDI. I use it a lot in my work. One of the prettiest sounding piano's IMO.

Yeah, sadly postage prices rise every April here in the UK. I noticed that international postage in particular has risen dramatically in the last 12 months, likely due to current world circumstances/general Royal Mail greed. I see my invoices for records I sent to people 10 years ago and just laugh at how much more they cost now. I still think $35 isn't *that* bad for a heavy vinyl boxset from the UK to the USA, especially if it's tracked/signed-for. It's certainly much cheaper than it'd cost to send it from the USA to the UK. However, it's the big downside with having single stores have exclusive access to a record/release. USA and UK/EU should always have separate distribution, if at all possible. BTW guys, you'll also likely get hit with customs/import tax on this, so also bear that in mind before purchasing.

In terms of postage, do you guys really think $35 is expensive? It's a 7xLP boxset. These things are HEAVY yo. They'll also (hopefully) have a lot of packaging around them, which increases bulk/weight further. Let's put it another way: The guy who releases my music in the USA recently sent me 3 12" vinyl records and 2 12" test presses to me in the UK. It all fit in a musicmax mailer and weighed about 1.3kg (likely about half what this GC boxset will weigh). It cost $65. CD's from the USA to the UK also cost about $20 the last time I bought one.

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Thanks guys. Here's some free Bandcamp codes for this release: Redeem at 3six.net/yum

Sounds great. When is the digital version out?

As someone who had their own hosting/site before Bandcamp (and sometime during) I'd say moving everything to BC still works out much much cheaper, especially once you earn enough to be on the 10% revenue share. Honestly, BC taking a 10% share is more than reasonable for the quality of life upgrades they bring. No more messing around with host cpanel's, store modules and making sure everything is tagged properly etc.. Just upload, add info, done. It also brings all the users on the BC platform to your attention too. Much easier for fans to be notified of new releases by people following you etc.. A no-brainer really IMO. Oh and they'd actually let people hear the tracks before they buy! That's kinda important, I think. As forward thinking as FSOL are/were, they are often held back by their net-boomer stuck in the 90's mentality.

FSOL, I love you, but I really wish you would move over to Bandcamp already

Yep, I made both! The playlist is more tongue-in-cheek, whereas the release itself is obviously a bit more serious. Listen to both is my suggestion ?

Thanks for posting! It's actually a full EP rather than a single track. Free/pay what you want. Cheers!

3 was ok, but felt like a completely different sound compared to the first 2 releases. Xerrox 1 & 2 are absolute classics.

It's pretty much how I feel every time I see electronic artists try to adapt their albums for live acoustic/classical ensembles. Most just come off as really cheesy and often highlights how simplistic the actual arrangements are. Weirdly though, the live version of 14 31 they performed as "Lament" was actually really good! Probably because it skipped the brass section, heh.