Billy Strings Thursday Newsletter

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New Arrivals:

Billy Strings – Highway Prayers

(Green & Clear Color-in-Color 2xLP, Indie Exclusive) & (Black Vinyl)
Modern bluegrass superstar Billy Strings will release Highway Prayers, his first studio release since his 2022 father-son team-up LP Me/And/Dad and his first solo studio collection since 2021’s Renewal. The 20-track LP, co-produced by Billy Strings and Jon Brion.

AFI – Sing The Sorrow

Double vinyl LP set pressed at 45rpm and housed in gatefold jacket. Sing The Sorrow is AFI’s breakthrough sixth studio album, which reached the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 when it was originally released in 2003. Co-produced by Jerry Finn and Butch Vig, the album retains the Bay Area outfit’s signature aggression and pathos – forging ever forward into uncharted territory like the virtuoso guitar intro of “The Leaving Song Pt. 2” or the industrial-leaning break and Dead Can Dance-worthy outro of “Death Of Seasons.”

Big Star – Radio City (Red & White Colored Vinyl, Anniversary Edition)

50th Anniversary Pressing – Big Star, considered to be among the founders of power pop, has been cited as an influence by many of the major alternative bands of the ’80s and ’90s, and continues to be a powerful presence in today’s musical landscape. Radio City is the second album from Big Star. Released in 1974, Radio City includes “September Gurls” and “Back of a Car” which remain some of the most famous Big Star songs. The legacy of Radio City has far exceeded the original commercial letdowns of the album, which is now considered to be a milestone in the history of rock by critics and musicians alike. Both Radio City and #1 Record made it onto Rolling Stone’s 500 “Greatest Albums of All Time” lists, while tracks from each album (“Thirteen” and “September Gurls”) are also among the magazine’s 500 “Greatest Songs of All Time”.

Lil Peep – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt.1 (Pink Clear Vinyl)

Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1 (often shortened to COWYS Pt. 1), is the debut studio album by rapper Lil Peep and the only album to be released during his lifetime. It was released in August 2017. Lil Peep died exactly three months after the album’s release. Liza (Peep’s mom) carefully chose vinyl packaging colors and specifics.

Montell Fish – Charlotte Purified Deluxe (Indie Exclusive, Limited Edition, Pink Colored Vinyl)

Hailing from Pittsburgh, Montell Fish is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer and composer focused on making world-building projects. Montell’s unguarded approach to songwriting allows listeners to feel welcomed into his world, of which he is the writer, director, and star. Charlotte is the much-anticipated follow-up album to 2022’s JAIME album, and the second in his Jaime, Charlotte, Marshall album trilogy. Available on red vinyl.

My Chemical Romance – May Death Never Stop You

My Chemical Romance originally released May Death Never Stop You in 2014. It is a 2-LP, 19 track, Greatest Hits compilation and includes “Welcome To The Black Parade”, “Helena”, “I’m Not OK (I Promise)” and “Teenagers”. It spans MCR’s career from 2001 to 2013 including tracks from each of the band’s four studio albums, plus “Fake Your Death” (a track only found on this compilation), and three of the legendary “Attic” demos.

Thurston Moore – Flow Critical Lucidity (Cream Colored Vinyl)

Limited cream colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. Thurston returns with his ninth and best solo album Flow Critical Lucidity released via Daydream Library Series. Some of the songs were written and arranged in Europe and the United Kingdom and include lyrical references to their environments and inspired by nature, lucid dreaming, modern dance and Isadora Duncan. The album was arranged at La Becque in Switzerland and recorded at Total Refreshment Studios in London in 2022, and mixed at Hermitage Studios in London with Margo Broom in 2023. Flow Critical Lucidity comes from a lyric in the single ‘Sans Limites’ and the album sleeve cover art features Jamie Nares’ ‘Samurai Walkman’ – a helmet befitted with tuning forks. Jamie Nares (born in Great Britain) is a life long friend of Thurston Moore from his New York No Wave days and the two have often collaborated in art and music.

Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Cassette Tape)

Bold pop hooks, sex positivity, honest songwriting and a heavy dose of glitter make up the world of Chappell Roan, the next multi-faceted force in pop music. A technicolor celebration of self-discovery and transformation, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess tracks Chappell’s cinematic journey of falling in queer love for the first time, while embracing all the messy and imperfect moments in-between.

Weekly Restock:

2Pac - All Eyez on Me
A Tribe Called Quest - Anthology
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Arctic Monkeys - AM
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Bjork - Homogenic
Bjork - Post
Bright Eyes - Five Dice, All Threes
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
Cage the Elephant - Melophobia
Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Anniversary Edition)
Clairo - Charm
Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection
Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)
Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (Indie Exclusive, Red Colored Vinyl)
Floating Points - Cascade
Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Juice Wrld - Death Race for Love
Kanye West - Late Registration
Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (Clear Vinyl)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Mac Demarco - Salad Days (10th Anniversary Edition)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going on
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (Mono Sound)
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (30th Anniversary Edition)(Blue, Orange Colored Vinyl, Brick & Mortar Exclusive)
Panic at the Disco - Pray for the Wicked
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Phish - Hoist (Laser Beams)
Portishead - Dummy
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
Sade - Lovers Rock
Sade - Stronger Than Pride
Sade - The Best Of Sade
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Steely Dan - Aja
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
System of a Down - Toxicity
Taylor Swift - Evermore (Colored Vinyl, Deluxe Edition, Bonus Tracks)
Toro y Moi - Hole Erth
Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
Tycho - Infinite Health
Van Morrison - Now Playing
Various Artists - Ghost World (Original Soundtrack)
War - Greatest Hits
Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

 

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