Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl)

Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl)2023 repress. "The first vinyl release in the U. S. for this, the fifth SotL album, originally released by Sub Rosa in 1999 and then reissued by Kranky in the fall of 2002. A pivotal album in their career, this marked the first time the duo completely stepped away from the more abstract sound pieces of earlier albums and engaged with the more symphonic and compositional approach that has become the forte of their more recent recordings."

and keep moving

in an effort to capture Wild Pink’s onstage style — rawer

“It’s okay to be lighthearted in the face of despair

Reissued by Warp Records after fans circulated a petition

The Brian Jonestown Massacre parallels the prolific and effortless brilliance of The Rolling Stones at their fevered late-1960s peak

including 'Death Goes To The Disco'

and to a certain extent this is true

Committing fully to the symbolism

A run of ground-breaking club EPs between 2020 and 2022 built momentum and culminated in their breakthrough club single

was a six piece

and Mark McGuirehad released a profusion of limited-run cassettes

Whereas Pratt's 2019 record