THE PLANETS

Is being sold by a novel new method -- snail mail!


Anyway, I've heard a couple of tracks (I've been recording with the same guy that mixed the album), and it sounds pretty amazing. Much more lush than their sound in the past. Less Replacements and more
Raspberries, Posies, Big Star, Jellyfish, etc.

Just thought that I'd give y'all a heads-up.
I'm ordering mine this week.

I thought this was coming out on Spade Kitty.

$17.00????????????

Yeah, they'll sell many.

That fell through.
I don't know the details, but I'm sure that there'll be a few of Matt's detractors on here who will be happy to speculate.

OPA is correct here. Unless it comes with a $10 bill inside the cd, that's, uh, a lot to ask of people. Best of luck to 'em.

$17!

is this coming from Sam Goody or something?

I think it's coming directly from the band, themselves.
If that's the case, they don't get the same kind of price breaks on mastering and pressing that labels do (even small labels) and are probably trying to earn back what they spent out-of-pocket.

That said, it is a bit pricey. Especially these days when everyone and their mother will have access to the album for free at torrent sites.

maybe they still think it's the early 90s? i think i paid $18 for a weird al disc back then

Of all the artwork to jack, why the Deutsche Gramaphone artwork of Gustav Holst's "The Planets"?

Extremely lame cover art.

should have jacked this instead.

The SK association fell apart due to creative differences. I felt as though certain aspects of the album should have been approached differently, and he disagreed with my criticisms and pulled the plug on the promotion. The album was released as he originally presented it to me, which I guess I technically rejected.

He was nice enough to send me a copy of the album, though. I really like the song "Honey Hold the Rails." In general, the songwriting is extremely strong in spots, particularly on "I Just Can't Remember Your Face", "You Silly Cyborg" and about 4 other songs, but I felt the final product was still too rough around the edges and had far too many songs.

It's probably $17 because there are 17 songs, so it would cost that much if you bought every track on Itunes.

yeah but you can buy whole albums for like $10 at itunes no matter the # of tracks, right?

This is a mistake.

FWIW, Green didn't spend very much to record this album compared with most bands' studio recording costs.