[speen]

thespectrum wrote:

i want to hear what Deakin thinks about all this. only opinion that truly matters

you know he’s jamming hard. i feel like the deak would love this stuff. I can picture him sitting at home in a leather chair listening to this, smiling and thinking “I’m one of the homies!”

also tdegenaro, thats an impressively bad post

[griff_doge]

I don't get what all the fuss is about. This is par for the course. You better believe there's going to be a digital release. Non-vinyl peeps might just have to wait a little longer for official digital versions.

[jetski]

My prediction is there won't be an official digital release at all

Wish I hadn't posted an opinion at all about the vinyl only release. Discussion is so narrow minded and weirdly hostile. Just lock the thread until January 12

[father john misty]

sometimes good things can also be bad

[meys]

Man this thread got really bad really quick

[atthetopsoftrees]

My dedicated "music time" is usually my commute to work... so that's what bums me out about Homies being vinyl only. Hell if there was a cassette option I would have been happy with that and would dig out my old Walkman from elementary school! I know the vinyl rip will be fine... I'll probably have to listen to it on max volume to hear all the details like every other quiet vinyl rip (definitely not ideal for
my hearing though...), but again it'll never sound as nice as a FLAC file.

No complaints though, new Panda is always a treat no matter what format it is released in (with very minimal wait time between announcement and release to boot!)

[jetski]

For people worried about quiet vinyl rips, you can normalize audio files in Audacity which should get them around regular listening level so you don't have to crank the volume. I did that with Meeting of the Waters because even the official digital version of that is quiet. I know it's an extra step and sort of tedious, but at least it's a solution

I don't have any problem w/ vinyl only and actually think it's a cool idea but the more I think about it, I can understand why people are upset about no official digital or lossless version. It's nice to at least have the option to hear it in pristine quality even though it won't make a huge difference for most listeners. Maybe we will get an official digital release eventually, too soon to tell

[atthetopsoftrees]

jetski wrote:

For people worried about quiet vinyl rips, you can normalize audio files in Audacity which should get them around regular listening level so you don't have to crank the volume. I did that with Meeting of the Waters because even the official digital version of that is quiet. I know it's an extra step and sort of tedious, but at least it's a solution

That's really good advice! Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try this with my Tomboy Box Set file.

[Stan]

tdegenaro wrote:

Y'all take this shit back to the Avey-gush thread. Only Panda OGs welcome here.

I've had a turntable for twenty years. Releasing records on vinyl doesn't bother me but I don't share the fetishism for the medium. It's shit for c****, like moustache wax, artisanal curd or pop-up mom and pop stores. Faux-authenticity. Release live bears into these people's homes. Fire bees out of a minigun at their fuckin kids. Pray for complete solar death 24/7.

For the sake of balance, I think the reversing of Pullhair Rubeye is an equally wanky move, but at least there's something wilfully obtuse about that. It's a more earnest and deliberate 'fuck off and fuck your family'. This is like, 'hey dudes, y' all heard of the vinyls the DJs have these days? Well, like my man Burial I don't make albums any more, I just make MUSIC and release it in the most AUTHENTIC fashion, like I made two halfs of an album instead of just one album because I make enough bank from my rockin sweatshop bois Uniqlo. Wear a Japanese jumper and drop a deuce on some fuckin Guats - metaphorically ofc HAHA. Buy my vanilla.'

[jfw7]

zzz

[Tap]

when he releases the cd version combined with the next ep he should title it kleenex for all the ppl crying rn

[Stan]

Cool idea. I hope he gets Sonic Boom in to produce the 'full album' version.

[speen]

How are people still debating this? Obviously Panda revels in being an elitist classist ableist capitalist pig, and we should all just accept that

Stan wrote:

Wear a Japanese jumper and drop a deuce on some fuckin Guats - metaphorically ofc HAHA.

[thebackdrifter]

I am excited! Yay new music!

[Dallou]

Damn Stan this all thing really bothers you. And I don't know if you are really angry about the Sonic production thing or if it is some sort of meme, internet personna thing.

You sound like a broken record in this thead, we got it, you are pissed. Move on until more info comes. And no one is censoring you,it is fucking music, I don't care if you hated Grime Reaper or if you think Noah is a dick but it is just boring after 10 posts.

[jerry wonder]

stan just jealous of panda's success. stan in what format do you release your albums?

[jerry wonder]

it's okay dude, i think AV is fine with playing second fiddle

[SpookyFeels]

i just want to hear the music idk about you guys

[Cussing Bum]

SpookyFeels wrote:

i just want to hear the music idk about you guys

oh. weird

[rohcti]

SpookyFeels wrote:

i just want to hear the music idk about you guys

Didn't you hear it's only on vinyl? God you make me sick. Focus on the important thing for fucks sake

[rohcti]

I was buying vinyl years before I got a record player. I like having the large format for the art, and all the little goodies that come with a lot of vinyl releases. There's nothing wrong with just having it around. This record is only $5 USD more than most CD releases. And I know there are a lot of vinyl rips out there that are almost indistinguishable from straight up digital. Yeah, it's going to kill the album sales not having a digital copy, but he's not doing it out of spite to anybody. The people that want to listen to it will.

[clearwaters]

I preordered the vinyl but don't have a record player. My plan is to just scratch the record with my fingernail and open up my throat to play it.

[amatureadult]

Ethmin wrote:

The reason I sort of like this approach personally is because music is sooooo easily accessed these days. If you use any of the streaming platforms you can add an album into your library pretty much as soon as it's announced and then it will just be there when it comes out. No real effort required. And for me personally it just makes the whole thing a lot less special. A recent example, when the new grizzly bear album came out I didn't even notice it's official release, so it just sat in my library for weeks unlistened.

I've been thinking about your comment, because I do think it's a good point. It took me a long time to listen to any streaming service, and for the longest time I was kind of limited to CD's that I would get at a used bookstore. Some of my favorite albums are from that store because of how intimate the experience was. Going through the racks, picking out something that looked cool, then sitting down in front of a CD player focused almost entirely on the music - that gave me some of my most personal music experiences and I loved it. So I understand why you would want a return to that kind of experience, and why, if this was Noah's intention, it's a fine choice.

The thing is, you and I have always had the option of having that experience, even with the advent of streaming services. CD's and vinyl have still existed, and nothing's stopping us from always buying a CD or a record to have a more special listening experience. You could have chosen to purchase a physical copy of that Grizzly Bear album and listened to it that way if you wanted.

I don't think making a more personal listening experience is justification enough for this decision. It's always been an option for fans who want to experience the bros' music that way.

[father john misty]

i have reported everyone in this thread, including myself

[Fovrodi]

Good way to get yourself banned

[father john misty]

Hopefully when the merciful guillotines of the admin come down on our collective necks I can look back at this whole experience with a smile, shrug, and wave of the hand to indicate that I really don't remember what we were even being banned for

[terrestrialjane]

This album is just for his homies

[Stan]

I think I've just grown out of the c***. See you for the next AC album and hope he doesn't ruin that with his single creative impulse.

[dio]

feel like yr the angsty teenage son and panda bear is yr recently divorced dad whose dating a new woman (pbvsgr/this new album?) and yr rlly pissed, and kind of edgy a la a disney channel movie in the late 90s or 80s teen fiction maybe. that's just the energy i get, im kind of indifferent but it is cool how this thread has mostly become about addressing one poster's angst, but i guess theres a couple ppl miffed about the vinyl thing so ya...

this is a safe place for die-hard fans AND pissed off ppl too i guess. like pbvsgr era almost had like too much hype, so again i guess its a balance thing. i guess. (stop posting?(??maybe not im not sure, like maybe just post in the videogame thread and not panda threads anymore? but also no ya just do u i guess)

[Fovrodi]

Stan makes me like AC less

[lonecyclone]

i have no care about the format. i'll buy and consume it, anyway. don't want to get into the other minutiae being discussed here, but for people that don't have or 'can't afford' a record player...if you have a 'smart phone' or a computer, then you can afford a record player. go to a thrift store, go to an antique store. i got my first record player [granted, it was like 1997] for $0.99 at a salvation army [sorry, i think mary already made some of this point]. but i also got a sweet fucking hifi for $40 at an antique store six years ago. and stan, even though i disagree, i love your posts. i truly love when people poke fun at shit i love. it makes me all the more endeared towards it. for all the people who are just entertaining themselves with their posts, at least stan entertains others. either way, i don't know. i've grown bad at opinions in my old age.

[SpookyFeels]

roark wrote:

SpookyFeels wrote:

i just want to hear the music idk about you guys

Didn't you hear it's only on vinyl? God you make me sick. Focus on the important thing for fucks sake

yeah i did hear its vinyl only. im just gonna buy the record and listen to it. and its pretty much guaranteed someone will rip it for everyone else so its all good man

[Cussing Bum]

think that homie was joshin

[onebraineno]

Fovrodi wrote:

Stan makes me like AC less

Wait is this a new Stanshall profile? Guess I gotta mute this one too.

[Fovrodi]

Do it

[father john misty]

I've heard rumours that if you speak to each other in hocketing, Stan can't read your posts. I think for your sake and his, all discussion of Mr. Lennox's music should be Ty-Eye-Eye-Eye-Ped Uh-Uh-Uhup Li-Eye-Eyeik that

[Stan]

onebraineno wrote:

Fovrodi wrote:

Stan makes me like AC less

Wait is this a new Stanshall profile? Guess I gotta mute this one too.

Yeah there's a clue in the name SHERLOCK HOMIES

[father john misty]

I spent almost all of my human life thinking the name Stan was short for Staniel.

[whereartesteban]

father john misty wrote:

I spent almost all of my human life thinking the name Stan was short for Staniel.

[tdegenaro]

Father John is blessing this thread.