THEE OH SEES - 'SINGLES COMPILATION VOL: 1&2 (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• CF007Y - LP

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*****300 NEON YELLOW DOUBLE ALBUM OF EARLY SINGLES TRACKS**** LRS EXCLUSIVE The first two volumes of singles and B-sides from Thee Oh Sees!! Twenty-four songs, including the track “Tidal Wave” (featured in TV’s Breaking Bad), that run the gamut from very mellow stuff with strings to completely fried burners

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1. Carol Anne
2. Inquiry Perpetrated
3. Mincing Around the Frocks
4. Kingsmeat
5. The Freak Was Clean
6. Kids In Cars
7. Bloody Water
8. Hey Buddy (Aaron Aites Cover)
9. Comas (Aaron Aites Cover)
10. I Agree
11. Grave Blockers
12. Tidal Wave
13. Heart Sweats
14. Contraption (Demo)
15. Friends Defined
16. Blood In Your Ear
17. Schwag Rifles
18. The Drag (Ty Segall Cover)
19. 7484
20. Castiatic Tackle (Demo)
21. She Said to Me
22. Where People Do Drugs
23. In the Shadow of Giants 24. Ichor

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THEE OH SEES - 'FLOATING COFFIN (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• CF018B2 - LP

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**ONE OF THREE OH SEES COLOUR VINYL RECORDS FOR LOVE RECORD STORES DAY 2021 300 COPIES BLOOD RED VINYL. We all know the type: prolific bands that commit every loose thought, stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape. Bands that pay no attention to little inconveniences like "release cycles" or "self-editing," and instead decide that quantity equals quality, creating a discography more labyrinthine, imposing and-ultimately-exhausting than the cast of creatures in a sci-fi novel. Here is why none of that applies to THEE OH SEES. Because each of the dozen-plus albums they've released since 2004 possesses a distinct personality and represents a different point along the path of JOHN DWYER's slow transformation from auteur of woozy, bare-bones four-track psychedelia to goggle-eyed garage rock marauder backed at long last by a band that both shares and stokes his singular vision. Because drop a needle on any record and-to their great credit-it takes several songs before you're convinced it's Thee Oh Sees. The seasick hundred-bottles-of-rum shanty "What the Driven Drink," from 2007's delirious Sucks Blood exists in a different galaxy than the rollercoastering "Chem-Farmer" from last year's Carrion Crawler / The Dream; the doomy doo-wop of "Blood on the Deck" hardly seems like the product of the same band that delivered the yelping "Ruby Go Home" in 2009. And the band that made last year's engrossing Putrifiers II seems like a distant cousin to the one delivering Floating Coffin-arguably the most varied and textured Oh Sees record to date. Chalk some of the group's cunning chameleonic ability to Dwyer's fifteen-year resume. The driving force behind such beloved and sonically disparate bands as Coachwhips and Pink and Brown, Dwyer's increased fidelity to Thee Oh Sees and only Thee Oh Sees is evidence of a newfound sense of purpose and focus. Where once Dwyer used to funnel his divergent artistic ideas through a host of different channels, lately he's been finding ways to make all of those impulses function within the framework of Thee Oh Sees-who have in turn grown closer and tighter and sharper with each eye-popping, jaw-dropping live show. That sense of unity is palpable throughout Floating Coffin, the next chapter in the story of Thee Oh Sees, the one where they fix their fury against the onrushing night. It's another blistering demonstration of Thee Oh Sees greatest trick: they're the only prolific band who doesn't put out records often enough. ? A gnarlier, heavier side of band with some juicy synth smoochie action joining the party ? Packaged with drawings by Matt Brinkman and cover photo by John Dwyer 

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THEE OH SEES - 'MUTILATOR DEFEATED AT LAST (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• CF055B2 - LP

  819162018569

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*****ONE OF THREE OH SEES COLOUR VINYL RECORDS FOR LOVE RECORD STORES DAY 2021 300 COPIES GREEN VINYL. Here we have a new batch from Thee Oh Sees for your absorption - nine muscular tunes primed to pummel to. Last year’s Drop was more schizophrenic, ranging from heavy to whimsical and back - Mutilator Defeated At Last has more in common with the monolithic hugeness of Floating Coffin - with only two slight reprieves in heaviness this is a record made to be played loudly and that demands bodily sacrifice inherently. Despite the plutonium heavy feel, Thee Oh Sees continue to be omnivorous - synths and acoustic guitars expertly wind their way throughout like veins of gold through granite - any and all that stands in its way will be devoured and assimilated. This is the sound of a band doing what they do best.

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01. Web
02. Withered Hand
03. Poor Queen
04. Turned Out Light
05. Lupine Ossuary
06. Sticky Hulks
07. Holy Smoke
08. Rogue Planet
09. Palace Doctor

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ALEX CAMERON - 'LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• CF112B1 - LP

  647603404332

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** 80 COPIES ONLY ON CLEAR VINYL ONE PER STORE**“Here we have the final entry into our Live In San Francisco series: an intimate evening with Alex [Cameron] and his indispensable sax man, Roy Molloy (beard in briefcase) performing at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco, a very classy and lovingly maintained venue originally built in 1907 on Market Street, just a pube or two into the Castro District. “I was first introduced to Alex Cameron by Adam Beris, a real swell fellow who’s been drawing Castle Faces for us for years. He asked if I had heard of this “Suicide meets sad Springsteen” act and showed me the mysterious Geocities-style website (complete with shady porn ads). I was immediately hooked on the skeletal throb, the stark portraits of hard luck losers, the ego-maniacal squares, and the swagger on this prosthetically wrinkled Australian song and dance man. On a paid website, as he reminds us. Both sharp-witted and steeped in thespian courage, this is exactly what the world needed in this hungry, hungry time we live in. We got in touch, things led to other things, and when Alex was opening for Oh Sees at the Chapel in San Francisco we hatched a plan to make a live record, over white wine spritzers (as all the best deals are inked). “Al and Roy are the real deal, folks…and this wasn’t to be just any old show. I was determined to do something a little special, and I got the idea from working on John’s book of poster art (Exploded Globes) to bill it as a semi-formal, encourage people to ‘get dressed up and messed up’ as John puts it, and do it in a classy sort of hall, make it muy romantico. We got flowers from the Mission De Flores (who have sadly joined the ghost ranks of SF small businesses past), one of which made it to the cover, the champagne and fine wines flowed, and I like to think we helped San Francisco get a little luckier that night. There’s flower petals all over the mix here; Roy’s sax slinks sultrily, Al is in fine form, adding the occasional barb on the stem, sounding well oiled and comfortably bantering between tunes, and Justin Nijssen hangs back and window-dresses the whole thing with some well placed guitar and a few backups. These are professionals, need I remind you, hard workin’ road dogs with deep thoughts that inspire deep respect, and they put some dancing sweat on all the hits from Jumping The Shark as well as “Candy May” from Forced Witness, which at the time wasn’t yet out. We couldn’t be prouder of our final Live In SF disc, and it’s out on Castle Face Records in partnership with Secretly Canadian.” – Matt Jones

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1. Mongrel 2. Happy Ending 3. Real Bad Looking 4. The Comeback 5. She?s Mine 6. The Internet 7. Take Care Of Business 8. Candy May

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KIASMOS - 'S/T (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• ERATP062LPLRS - 2xLPs

  4050486109489

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****400 CLEAR VINYL EXCLUSIVELY FOR LRSD2021**** Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos. By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere. “We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds “The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen Long-term Erased Tapes graphics collaborator Torsten Posselt at Feld Studios in Berlin created the cover artwork. Feld Studios was a natural choice for Kiasmos, seeing he also designed the cover for their Thrown EP, released previously. Kiasmos is made up of Icelandic BAFTA-winning composer Ólafur Arnalds, known for his unique blend of minimal piano and string compositions with electronic sounds, and Janus Rasmussen from the Faroe Islands, known as the mastermind of the electro-pop outfit Bloodgroup. Based in Reykjavík, Arnalds used to work as a sound engineer, often for Rasmussen's other projects, where the two musicians discovered their common love for minimal, experimental music. They eventually became best friends, often hanging out in their studio, exploring electronic sounds.

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1. Lit
2. Held
3. Looped
4. Swayed
5. Thrown
6. Dragged
7. Bent
8. Burnt

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A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN - 'S/T (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• ERATP032LPLRS - LP

  4050486049488

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****400 copies on clear vinyl for LOVE RECORD STORES 21 'A Winged Victory For The Sullen' is the first installment of the new collaboration between Stars Of The Lid member Adam Wiltzie and L.A. composer Dustin O'Halloran. The duo agreed to leave the comfort zone of their home studios and develop the recordings with the help of large acoustic spaces, hunting down a selection of 9ft grand pianos that had the ability to deliver extreme sonic low end. Other traditional instrumentation was used including string quartet, French horn, and bassoon, but always juxtaposed is the sound of drifting guitar washed melodies. The recordings began with one late night session in the famed Grunewald Church in Berlin on a 1950s imperial B?sendorfer piano and strings were added in the historic East Berlin DDR radio studios along the River Spree. One last session on a handmade Fazioli piano in a private studio on the Northern cusp of Italy, before the final mixes took place in a 17th century villa near Ferrara with the assistance of Francesco Donadello. All songs were then processed completely analogue straight to magnetic tape. Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory, realising that clear thinking at the wrong moment could stifle the compositions. The final result is seven landscapes of harmonic ingemination. In 'Requiem For The Static King Part One' ? created in memory of the untimely passing of Mark Linkous ? they have taken the age-old idea of a string quartet and then shot it out of a cannon to reveal exquisite new levels of sonic bliss. Of the 13 minute track 'Symphony Path?tique', Wiltzie says 'after almost 20 years of struggling to create interesting ambient drone music, I feel like I have finally figured out what I am doing'. Notable guest musicians include Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, as well as Erased Tapes label comrade Peter Broderick on violin. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is not a side project ? it is the future of the late night record you have always dreamed of. A Major release for Forte, Non exportable.

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Tracks:
01. We Played Some Open Chords And Rejoiced,
For The Earth Had Circled The Sun
Yet Another Year
02. Requiem For The Static King Part One
03. Requiem For The Static King Part Two
04. Minuet For A Cheap Piano Number Two
05. Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
06. A Symphony Pathetique
07. All Farewells Are Sudden

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS - 'PSYCHIC...POWERLESS...ANOTHER MAN'S SAC (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• LBV03LRS - LP

  697410000319

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*LAST REMAINING COPIES OF LRS COLOURED VINYL* 400 copies on clear vinyl with a different colour smoke (all four albums, come with a different colour smoke!!!!!) Originally released between 1984 and 1988, these classic and influential LPs capture the band at their peak, drawing from punk, rock, psychedelic and experimental influences for a truly inspired and unmistakably unique sound. 

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS - 'REMBRANDT PUSSYHORSE (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• LBV04LRS - LP

  697410000418

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*LAST REMAINING COPIES OF LRS COLOURED VINYL* 400 COPIES CLEAR VINYL WITH DIFFERENT COLOUR SMOKE WISP EFFECT Latino Bugger Veil presents the long-awaited vinyl reissues of Butthole Surfers’ first four full-length albums.Originally released between 1984 and 1988, these classic and influential LPs capture the band at their peak, drawing from punk, rock, psychedelic and experimental influences for a truly inspired and unmistakably unique sound. 

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS - 'LOCUST ABORTION TECHNICIAN (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• LBV05LRS - LP

  697410000517

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***WOAH!!! 400 CLEAR VINY LREPRESS FOR LRS21, with a different colour “smoke” effect… sweeeeeet Latino Bugger Veil presents the long-awaited vinyl reissues of Butthole Surfers’ first four full-length albums. Originally released between 1984 and 1988, these classic and influential LPs capture the band at their peak, drawing from punk, rock, psychedelic and experimental influences for a truly inspired and unmistakably unique sound. 

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BUTTHOLE SURFERS - 'HAIRWAY STEVEN (LRS2021 VERSION)'

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• LBV06LRS - LP

  697410000616

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***WOAH!! 400 COPIES ONLY ON CRYSTAL CLEAR VINYL WITH A COLOUR “SMOKE” EFFECT (colour tbc!) For love record stores 2021 Latino Bugger Veil presents the long-awaited vinyl reissues of Butthole Surfers’ first four full-length albums. Originally released between 1984 and 1988, these classic and influential LPs capture the band at their peak, drawing from punk, rock, psychedelic and experimental influences for a truly inspired and unmistakably unique sound..

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