The Return....

 

6 long years since the last show in the parking lot.  Kill Your Idols means more to me than any other band out there.  I am the happiest person in the world to know that in 2 months I get to see this band again. So many good memories are attached to this band, many friendships built off the mutual love for KYI. I look forward to singing along to the words that mean so much to me and sharing that with the people I once shared it with. 

First record of 2013!

So i wanted to take a break from catching up from my 2012 pickups to introduce the 1st record i got in 2013.  This is both the first record i purchased in 2013 and the first record to come in the mail. 

This is a Compilation that came out sometime in the mid 2000's.  Its got Holding on, Close call, My luck,  Die hard youth and What feeds the fire on it.  But the main/only reason I'm interested in this record is because Kill Your Idols is on it. Therefore, I must collect it. I've only got like 2 other colors of this besides the test now, and i believe there are four colors total.  Ive never put much effort into completing this one, but maybe I should since now i have a test press. Pressing info on this is unknown. 

 

Academy 7/28: pt 2.

So here's part 2 of my recent trip to academy. Just 2 lps but pretty solid purchases in my opinion. First up is AFI"s "Black Sails in the Sunset".  I grew up listening to AFI and I still like them today. Not so much the new weird shit they do, but black sails is a fucking classic and an amazing record.

One thing I almost always do is look at the insert of any record I get.  It really gives me a feel for where the band was at that time and also gives me new bands to check out.  When I read the thank you's on black sails i never expected to see what i saw. 

YEP, AFI thanked the almighty Indecision in their thank you's, and right after they thanked Kill Your Idols! I dont know why this was so unexpected to me, I guess i felt like Indecision would never be on AFI's radar, but fuck this is awesome. Oh yea see that SOIA thank you too, awesome.

Secondly, i got another AFI lp, "The Art of Drowning". Yep once again i found both of these records in the same row! I cant tell you how many times I played this album when I got the CD in 10th grade. I remember walking around the halls shutting everyone around me out completely immersing myself in this album.  It got me through a lot in highschool and I'll always love this record.

So thats it for the academy records trip.  I've also decided I'm going to start collecting Sinking Ships records, so if anyone has any they want to let go of, comment!