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| RSD '23
It's that time of year again! As per tradition, the weeks that have flown by since the list was initially released have moved me from "meh, nothing special" to a double-digit, half-page-of-a-notebook scrawl of "well, if that have it..."s. Thankfully, my closest shop's only a 15 minute mosey away, and in a sort of queasy turn of events this might be their last year (at least in that space), so it's as much a bon voyage as anything, if not more so that. Anyways, feel free to chime in with anything y'all are on the hunt for, and/or how much my taste sucks. | | 1 |  | Beach House
Once Twice Melody
Become 12" EP - Given the scope of its parent record, kind of amazing they ended up with nearly half-a-dozen b-sides--but hey, the more, the merrier. | | 2 |  | Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It in People
^20th(!) anniversary edition 2xLP | | 3 |  | Frou Frou
Off Cuts
^LP - A glorified EP's worth of demos, but damn if this act doesn't push some shiny nostalgic buttons. | | 4 |  | HORSE the band
The Mechanical Hand
^2xLP - Definitely tippy-top of my list (and naturally, the most expensive thing I'm after haha) | | 5 |  | Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires
Reunions Live At Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
The Sound Emporium 12" EP | | 6 |  | Macho Man Randy Savage
Be A Man
^LP - Actually on the hunt for this one for a buddy of mine, but real talk, if the shop allows it, I'm def tryna snag two. | | 7 |  | The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute
"France the Mute" 12" single - So this is the least essential of the inessential, as far as I'm concerned--not least on account of it'd be my first Mars Volta "upgrade" to vinyl, and I worry what floodgates would proceed to open in my anxiety-plagued completist mind. | | 8 |  | Nena
99 Luftballons
^40th(!) anniversary picture disc - Another "keeping an eye out for a friend" situation; no shade, but I'm far less likely to try for two here. | | 9 |  | P.M. Dawn
The Bliss Album…?
^LP - A close second to HORSE the band on my own to-get list, definitely an unsung innovator of the 90s. | | 10 |  | Shadows Fall
The War Within
^LP - More mainlined nostalgia right here. If memory serves, this was my first SF listen back in the day, and chalk it up to just recently seeing Killswitch Engage live, or just settling into irrelevant 30-something dotage, but I've been delving back into that scene a bit lately. (That said, it's an "RSD first," not a true 'sclusie, so not a top priority per se) | | 11 |  | Amanda Shires
Take It Like A Man
Live at Columbia Studio A 12" EP | | 12 |  | Sigur Ros
Kveikur
^10th anniversary 2xLP - I'm as shocked as anybody it's been a decade since Sigur Ros's last studio album, would make a nice companion (contrast?) to the recent ( ) re-release I scooped up last year. | | 13 |  | Death Cab for Cutie
You Can Play These Songs With Chords
Ghost: Vitamin String Quartet* Performs Death Cab for Cutie LP
(*hence its alphabetical placement) | | 14 |  | The Wonder Years
Burst & Decay
Burst & Decay: Live from New York EP | |
thecheatisnotdead
04.20.23 | Also, one more for a friend, but keeping an eye out for the "Ska La-Rama: Treasure Isle Ska 1965 to 1966" comp LP. It's comforting to know that there's always a bigger hipster out there than you. | DominionMM1
04.20.23 | 6 got me excited for rsd for the first time in years | thecheatisnotdead
04.20.23 | Haha very fair! | unclereich
04.20.23 | doesn't this year feel lackluster? | JohnnyoftheWell
04.20.23 | oh shit, forgot 3 was a thing | Relinquished
04.20.23 | might snag 10 and see them live in October in honor of a fallen friend | Sinternet
04.20.23 | on the whole the list is a bit meh this year but there's three im def going for - the broken social scene one, the dismemmberment plan - change and the heroin discography. lots of other stuff ive got as standins, was considering the t swizzle but theyre printing 75000 copies of it so might as well wait lol im sure they'll be have a fair few sitting a while from now | Sinternet
04.20.23 | also think its the first time im actually going since 2018 because my uni city had jack all good record stores so will be fun except for getting up at 4am | unclereich
04.20.23 | what about the door record player lol | thecheatisnotdead
04.21.23 | @uncle: On the whole, yeah, and yet here we are...
@Relinquished: Hell yeah, sounds like a worthy cause.
@Sin: Bummer on the dry spell--but hey, now ya just gotta make up for lost time now, right? Also, real talk, if I see that T-Swizzle action, I'll snag one, but not tryna come to fisticuffs with anybody over it. |
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