Discovering I slept on an ALC edition of Haram with a bonus track kinda feels like getting kicked in the stomach

I friggin love modern vinyl aesthetics. I mean look at this

Just preordered my copy. Patrick Shiroishi has earned instant-purchase status from me. Consistent quality for a long time. Always delivers something unique.

I’ve really enjoyed the vinyl 4 vinyl thing. It’s like crate digging in video form & cool to see what music people value enough to have a physical copy of. Prompted me to check out new albums and revisit some I’d passed on. Whether bought online or in store, I love to see it

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this yet, but this album is incredible

I feel this so deeply - especially since I once had a class of undergrad students clowning on me for putting on Aesop Rock when they asked for ASAP Rocky - but I think this is mainly a consequence of too much good stuff. No one got time to listen to everything even if they want

I’ve always kinda wondered if Slug/ Spawn/ Ant were really into Andrew Hill’s music or if they just thought the cover art was dope

I absolutely love this album. One of my favorites of 2024

Do I do the responsible thing and put off unnecessary purchases until the car is fixed, or go ahead and buy that cLOUDDEAD reissue? 🧐

Organizing based on record label. In the battle of the labels, looks like Impulse is taking the edge over Blue Note