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LOL of course - happy to share! I’ll link their full NFR reaction in the NFR thread after I’m done with work for those interested as well.

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Dad and Son finally listen to Ocean Blvd, and the Dad literally cries throughout majority of the whole album. I paid $2 on their patreon to watch the full 2h30m reaction but here’s the YouTube cut:

Hellooo! I’m not sure if this is the correct forum/thread to be discussing about this topic, but I recently found a very interesting video about the music industry - and it made me think about Lana and her situation(s). Video in spoiler: First off, this video talks about how artists can’t control their release dates (if signed to a label). It reminds me of SZA’s scenario with SOS. She had the album finished years ago, but TDE would not release it (until late 2022) for whatever reason. This also made me wonder if this has caused LDR’s release date of “Ocean Blvd” to be postponed (or any other pushed back projects she has done in the past). Is it out of Lana’s control? or has Interscope/Polydor given Lana the status to release projects whenever she wants to? I know we, the fandom, tends to make fun of Lana for not being truthful about her release dates, but is it in her control? (please correct me) Overall, I just think this business side of music is interestingly odd. lol Capitalism, amiright?

I opened all of mine because I wanted to lol. I figured that I was never going to resell my LDR records, cause they mean so much to me. In the long run, whenever I’m not in this world anymore, whoever claims them can do whatever with them… I will say if you do plan to sell them in the near future (4-5 years+ from now), you can resell them and gain a good profit. Keep in mind a lot of collectors like the idea of “never played/spun, never opened, and true Mint conditioned” records. look at the NFR pressings for an example. They are going for $200+ after it’s 2019 release (and these are opened resell prices).

Thank you! Yes, i fell for their foolery business, and regret my purchase

some more of the lot of vinyl variants with obi strips … yes. i was bored and thought i’d share w my fellow ldr family

i was bored af so i made some mockups of the vinyl w obi strips… I’m coming for you Assai Record!!! you and your lazily designed obi strips! [EDIT]: Oopsies forgot to censor mod note: don't post any nudity, you can censor it and re-upload if you want to

I would think so, but he definitely mentioned something happened in his personal life. Hope he’s alright tho…

I love these two girls, so yes before ppl watch just know they are HARDCORE Swifties, and they’ll make references. Very insightful analysis though.

Here is the reason why… (reference page 267)

He wrote on Patreon that he had to delete the channel. This is his short message: “I know this is sudden, but I've got some pretty heavy personal stuff happening right now, and it's necessitating me putting an end to FWR. I'm very sorry. I appreciate you all being part of this journey with me, and I wish you nothing but the best. -Aaron” I’m also shocked and pretty sad to hear this news because he was such a good person at analyzing music. Also, it was so nice just waking up to a new FWR video. He’ll definitely be missed - i hope he likes the new Lana record. 😢

Y’all are gonna get so triggered watching this twink blab about how the new album is a flop…

I love him for this

Yes! I highly suggest collectors to NOT ever buy resell price of Assai. I looked up “Chemtrails” Assai edition on Discogs and saw some ridiculous resell prices. Ya’ll just print your own at that point 😂 Another thing I forgot to mention is that I dislike the idea of them opening up a sealed records. If I were running the business, I would slip the Obi strip on the newly sealed record. Also, it appears Assai did not include the hype sticker that says “Limited edition green vinyl + alternative cover” that comes with all indie exclusive pressings - based on the image shared. That’s a big no no for collectors. The album is no longer “mint” in that case. Also, I looked it up and it appears they sell these Assai exclusives at just the same price as retail, which is great to know! Again, not saying they’re ripping people off - but they can indeed do a lot better. It just takes more time, research, and most importantly passion to answer why they’re creating these Obi strips.

I love the idea of Assai putting Obi strips on their records to create an exclusive feel to the pressing, and the idea of supporting local record stores is dope! and it’s a cute homage to Japanese pressings My only gripes I have with this company is they put little-to-no-effort in designing these strips. If you look at Japanese obi strips, there’s a lot of text and info about the album/artist, and there’s better design composition. The graphic designer behind these aren’t really creative tbh. It feels like they literally google translates the artist’s name on top of a strip of paper, and they called it a day. I hope they are not charging extra or more than retail price because that would be a huge rip-off. There’s not even a premium feel to it because they write on the strip with a Sharpie, when they can have something pressed or debossed on top. Sorry, for complaining but I also bought an Assai record from them once, and was very underwhelmed w their “exclusive” pressing.

I was just listening to ‘Kintsugi’ and ‘Sweet,’ and I’m very surprised Lana has not written music for broadway before. With ‘Fingertips,’ with how it almost sounds spoken word – it gives off those half-singing/half-spoken word vibes of dialogue in the musical “Evita.” I mean, even listening to ‘Arcadia’; the song literally sounds like a triumphant theater piece as well.

also sorry for the PFP!! lmaoo it’s my account where i talk shit LMFAOOO!

This is what I’m thinking as well. Because I noticed a trend for Fantano - he likes very cohesive sounding records and he is not a fan of long albums. With that said, an 8 or 7 would probably be his overall score. but who knows.

of course! sorry i couldn’t upload the whole clips. but he doesn’t say anything while he and chat listens to the songs. Also yes, chat loved the tracks as well.

I know majority of us do not like him - me personally I do agree with some points he makes on his more recent reviews lately - but I uploaded excerpts of Anthony Fantano reacting to some few tracks of Ocean Blvd from yesterday’s stream. Overall, he has rated all singles on his “Best Music of the Week” as well as complimenting every track he’s heard so far… Anyways, here ya go if you wanna watch.

Not sure if anyone has already mentioned it… but I wonder why she muted “mother” in the line “what kind of ‘mother’ was she…” in final release of Fingertips… Interesting.

Did anyone get any updates about their vinyl records, and when they’ll ship? I bought all variants (besides the picture disc), but no news on a single order

Mike Hermosa. me downbad for him. that’s all i gots to say.

Question for the culture: Is it possible/known for published reviews to be updated/edited with well thought out analyses after the release of an album? or are we stuck with their initial reactions?