Once again I'm deviating from my regular process of posting the oldest acquisitions here first. I spent last Saturday in Boston catching up with my friend Mark, who is visiting from the UK. He is spending a number of days in New York City, but he made the 4 hour bus ride up to Boston, and I made the 2 hour drive down to pick him up at the bus station. Our plan was to then drive over to Wanna Hear It Records and then get some vegan food at Veggie Galaxy before dropping him back at South Station for his return trip to NYC.
Shocking, but one of the first records that I picked up was the new AFI album, Silver Bleeds The Black Sun. I've never been a big fan of AFI, although there are a few songs off Sing The Sorrow that I've found this year that I really enjoy... but when my friend Sarah sent me a link for AFI's newest single, Behind The Clock, a couple of months ago, I really sat up and paid attention. It didn't sound like the AFI that I expected... it had some kind of synthy new wave gothic thing going on, and I was surprised with how much I really loved that song. It was almost as if AFI listened to the last couple of Ceremony albums and was like, "hey we should do something really different like this". A few years ago, before I discovered how much I enjoy The Smiths and The Cure, I wouldn't have given this any attention... but today I really appreciate what AFI is doing here.
When Mark and I walked into Wanna Hear It, I saw the new album on the wall, and realized that the guys working there had it playing in the store. I listened to a couple of songs and very quickly I decided to pick up the record. This is a very different sound than I usually reach for, and I'm not sure how it will hold up over the rest of the year, but right now, I'm very much enjoying this record.
The copy that Wanna Hear It had available was the First Run Club edition from Run For Cover Records. The OBI strip states that this is a limited edition, first press vinyl edition, that's available only at independent record stores. "The FRC edition of this record is pressed on an exclusive First Run Club variant, and includes unique extras not available elsewhere." Not knowing any of the pressing info, I thought that this sounded like a cool edition to pick up. Little did I realize that this is basically the most common pressing. The unique extras are a poster that I'll never hang up, a CD sampler that I'll never listen to, and stickers that I'll never use. Hey, at least the vinyl looks good.
I love having an excuse to make the trip to Wanna Hear It. While most record stores tend to be a disappointment, at Wanna Hear It it's pretty much a guarantee that I'm dropping $100 while I'm there. I picked up seven records from the store that day, and figured that I'd run another series of posts to try and get them all up on the blog this week. Let's go.
4,000 pressed on white/violet colored vinyl.
2 comments:
I don't think I have ever heard a single song by this band. Pretty cool that you got such a rare version though.
Curious what you think about Behind The Clock. Such a rad song. Gonna try and flip this First Run edition on Discogs for $1000.
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